179 - Oval gold and enamel box. The sides enamelled in translucent…
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Estimate €10,000 - €12,000

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Oval gold and enamel box. The sides enamelled in translucent red on a guilloché ground, framed by white enamel fillets. The lid is adorned with a painted enamel medallion depicting Venus and Mars dressed in antique style in a wooded landscape. The borders are decorated with leafy garlands and enamelled in green and pink. Marked for Paris, 1775-1776. Inventory number 1469. Master goldsmith: Jean-Joseph Barriere, received Master in 1773. (Missing translucent enamel and restorations). Height: 3.4 cm - Length: 8.2 cm Width: 6 cm Gross weight: 179.7 g Notes: A snuffbox of a similar model by the same master and from the same year in the Louvre collections, no. OA 7732. Former collection of Baron Salomon de Rothschild (1835-1864); collection of Baroness Adèle de Rothschild (1843-1922); bequest in 1922. "

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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:30 PM

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179 - Oval gold and enamel box. The sides enamelled in translucent… See original version (French)

179 - Oval gold and enamel box. The sides enamelled in translucent…
See original version (French)