Live Auction 19024The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue
AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE SET WITH AN ENAMEL MINIATURE
Lot 120

AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE SET WITH AN ENAMEL MINIATURE

MAKER'S MARK JOSEPH WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL.1769-1836), VIENNA, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH FRENCH POST-1817 GOLD WARRANTY MARK FOR FOREIGN ITEMS

Closed27 January 2021

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AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE SET WITH AN ENAMEL MINIATURE
MAKER'S MARK JOSEPH WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL.1769-1836), VIENNA, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH FRENCH POST-1817 GOLD WARRANTY MARK FOR FOREIGN ITEMS
Circular stone-lined box, the cover, base, and sides inlaid with panels of labradorite framing on the cover a later oval enamel plaque depicting The Seductress, and on the base a lapis lazuli disc, within raised foliate and pellet garland borders, marked on flange and inside cover
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diameter

Acquired from Wartski's, London, February 1990.

Specialist note

Another box by Joseph Wolfgang Schmidt similarly decorated with labradorite panels within gold foliate borders is in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (94.973).