A gold-mounted tortoiseshell and enamel boîte-à-miniature, Joseph-Marie Roux, Paris, 1809-1819

rectangular, the lid inset with an earlier oval portrait miniature of Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, painted on enamel, wearing a saffron-coloured dress tied with a dark purple belt fastened with a classical cameo portrait, signed centre right: Counis, for Salomon Guillaume Counis, Geneva, within stamped gold frame, surrounded by richly chased foliage on a sablé ground, under glass, within dark blue enamel frame, the plain tortoiseshell box applied with a small gold thumbpiece and lined in gold, maker’s mark, Paris 3ème titre 1809-1819, Paris grosse garantie 1809-1819

7.8 cm, 3 1/8 in. wide

Condition Report:
Overall in good condition; some light surface wear as to be expected given time and age;
some dust trapped between the finely painted enamel miniature surface and the glass, but otherwise good; one split to tortoiseshell to front right corner of the lid

Catalogue Note:
Salomon Guillaume Counis (1785-1859) was court painter to Elisa Baciocchi, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1777-1820).