122,500 CHF
GOLD & ENAMEL MUSICAL SNUFF BOX TAKEN FROM THE SUMMER PALACE PEKING Attributed to Jaquet-Droz, retailed by Recordon & Dupont, London. Made for the Imperial Chinese Court, circa 1785. Magnificent and extremely fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel musical snuff-box with a centre-seconds watch. Three body, fully enamelled with powder blue and paillon formal decoration in a striped pattern, the borders with paillon fl oral garlands over a blue ground, the twelve sided band including four panels of blue enamel within white frames decorated with paillon altars and doves symbolising Love and Fidelity, the bottom panel centred with a painted pastoral scene depicting a young musician, assisted by Cupid, charming a maiden and opening to reveal a shallow snuff compartment enamelled with a bouquet of Summer fl owers on a brown ground within grey and paillonne decorated border. The gold panel with French style prestige marks and engraved: “Taken from the Summer Palace, Pekin, 8th October 1860. N.S.” The watch inset on the lid with a paillonne decorated bezel. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer minutes and seconds divisions. Gold pierced hands. Gilt brass, drawn from the Lepine calibre with free standing barrels engraved with scrolled foliage, cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, fl at balance spring with index regulator. Musical movement: gilt brass, shaped and skeletonised, fusee with chain, pin-drum with fi ve hammers playing o
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-11-13
