Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 34

A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

POSSIBLY PARIS, 19TH CENTURY, WITH SPURIOUS FRENCH MARKS RESEMBLING THOSE OF PIERRE-ANDRE BARBIER (FL. 1764-1776) AND THE DECHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, WITH A LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK FOR 1847 ONWARDS

Closed16 December 2021

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GBP 17,500

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A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY PARIS, 19TH CENTURY, WITH SPURIOUS FRENCH MARKS RESEMBLING THOSE OF PIERRE-ANDRE BARBIER (FL. 1764-1776) AND THE DECHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, WITH A LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK FOR 1847 ONWARDS
Oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent blue-grey on wavy engine-turning scattered with pellets and within slightly raised chased enamelled sablé borders of foliage, berries and pellets, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting two figures seated at a table being served with a plate of fruit
3 in. (75 mm.) wide

Eric Caudron; Paris, 18 November 2011, lot 105 (sold as 18th century Paris).

Specialist note


The Louvre Museum holds a snuff-box by Pierre-André Barbier dated 1767-68 (acc. No OA 7962) set on the cover with an enamel plaque depicting a mythological scene featuring five characters painted in the same style as the scene on this box.