Lot 334: A SWISS-GERMAN PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE

A SWISS-GERMAN PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
THE BOX BY JEAN-GEORGES REMOND & CO. (FL. 1804-1811), GENEVA AND HANAU, CIRCA 1810, WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN DANIEL BERNEAUD (GERMAN, 1773-1861), SIGNED 'B. px'
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover set with a rectangular enamel plaque depicting an alchemist in his studio, framed by a narrow blue enamel band, within broad sablé borders cast with opaque blue enamelled taille d'épargne foliage, flowerheads, lyres and urns, the panels on sides and base engine-turned with a pattern of concentric discs, within similarly enamelled sablé borders
3½ in. (87 mm.) long

With Au Vieux Paris, Paris.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
A SWISS-GERMAN PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
THE BOX BY JEAN-GEORGES REMOND & CO. (FL. 1804-1811), GENEVA AND HANAU, CIRCA 1810, WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN DANIEL BERNEAUD (GERMAN, 1773-1861), SIGNED 'B. px'
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover set with a rectangular enamel plaque depicting an alchemist in his studio, framed by a narrow blue enamel band, within broad sablé borders cast with opaque blue enamelled taille d'épargne foliage, flowerheads, lyres and urns, the panels on sides and base engine-turned with a pattern of concentric discs, within similarly enamelled sablé borders
3½ in. (87 mm.) long