A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED LAPIS-LAZULI SNUFF-BOX BERLIN, CIRCA 1765; WITH ILLEGIBLE MARKS AND TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR 1864-1893
Rectangular lapis-lazuli box with cut corners, rounded front and baluster sides, the cover and sides overlaid with gold cagework boldly chased in high relief with Hercules and Omphale after François Lemoyne, within a rococo frame, the sides with floral and scrolls on matted ground, the pierced scrolling silver thumbpiece set with diamonds
3 ½ in. (88 mm.) wide
Provenance
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, Geneva, 8 May 1979, lot 108 (CHF 36,000).
Property from a private Swiss collection; Christie's, London, 8 July 2021, lot 9.
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Rectangular lapis-lazuli box with cut corners, rounded front and baluster sides, the cover and sides overlaid with gold cagework boldly chased in high relief with Hercules and Omphale after François Lemoyne, within a rococo frame, the sides with floral and scrolls on matted ground, the pierced scrolling silver thumbpiece set with diamonds
3 ½ in. (88 mm.) wide
Provenance
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, Geneva, 8 May 1979, lot 108 (CHF 36,000).
Property from a private Swiss collection; Christie's, London, 8 July 2021, lot 9.
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