Sophonisba

Sophonisba. Rémond & Lamy Co, Geneva, circa 1810. Fine 18K gold and painted on enamel etui fitted with a vinaigrette. Rectangular with two compartments, the center with an enamel panel painted with the scene of Sophonisba receiving the poison, gold frame, flanked by two portraits painted on an azure ground, black, white and azure champlevé enamel border, panel and the base in translucent imperial blue enamel over elaborate engine-turning, base with the border en suite to the lid. The right hinged panel opens revealing a vinaigrette compartment with a round translucent imperial blue enamel box decorated with gold paillons and the letters " Notes Sophonisba, the wife of a Numidian prince, persuaded her husband to reject Roman rule and to seek independence. He was captured by Masinissa, who delivered him to the Romans and married Sophonisba. The Roman general Scipio, fearing that Sophonisba would influence her new husband to disobey the Romans, demanded that Masinissa sens her to Rome. Masinissa instead sent his wife a choice, a poison or a knife. Jean-Georges Rémond (also Reymond). The son of Jean Rémond. Perhaps the best casemaker of his time, he was active from 1783 to approximately 1820. He became master goldsmith on December 22, 1783 and struck his first master mark. He became an "habitant" of Geneva in 1785. In 1790 he founded the company Georges Rémond & Cie. In 1792, the partners Joseph Guidon, Jean George Remond, David Gide, Laurent Guisseling and Jean Noël Lam