Live Auction 14226Opulence: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 22

A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY GABRIEL-RAOUL MOREL (FL. 1797-1832), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1830, STAMPED 716, WITH THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK AND GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD 1819-1838 AND THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD

Closed6 June 2017

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A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY GABRIEL-RAOUL MOREL (FL. 1797-1832), MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1830, STAMPED 716, WITH THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK AND GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD 1819-1838 AND THE PARISIAN POST-REVOLUTIONARY UNOFFICIAL STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
rectangular sablé gold box with rounded corners, the cover with a rectangular panel set with a chased lyre within a scrolling foliate surround and blue enamel fillet, the base similarly set with a vase of flowers, the borders and sides boldly chased with flowers and foliage, polished gold outer borders and column pilasters
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
gross weight 7 oz. (222 gr.)

Specialist note

The Gilbert Collection, London, contains six gold boxes by Gabriel-Raoul Morel (illustrated in Truman, op. cit., no. 12, and in C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, nos. 40, 44, 45, 46 and 47). Together with Vachette and Fossin, Gabriel-Raoul Morel, who struck his mark as early as 1797, may be considered as one of the most important French gold boxes makers of the first half of the 19th Century.