93rd Auction
2016/5/14
Lot 188
Swiss, scratched flange number 540, 85 x 65 x 21 mm, 125 g, circa 1830
A decorative four-colour gold snuff box with enamel miniature "Joseph sold into slavery"
Case: 18K gold, maker's mark illegible, Swiss 18k gold standard, Neuchâtel 1820-1866.
Case: rectangular box with rounded corners, hinged lid with very finely painted rectangular enamel medallion: biblical scene showing Joseph being sold into slavery to Egypt, in a wide frame of applied gold flowers on a sablé ground. Base and sides with engine-turned pattern, rounded corners decorated with harps and petals.
A decorative four-colour gold snuff box with enamel miniature "Joseph sold into slavery"
Case: 18K gold, maker's mark illegible, Swiss 18k gold standard, Neuchâtel 1820-1866.
Case: rectangular box with rounded corners, hinged lid with very finely painted rectangular enamel medallion: biblical scene showing Joseph being sold into slavery to Egypt, in a wide frame of applied gold flowers on a sablé ground. Base and sides with engine-turned pattern, rounded corners decorated with harps and petals.
Sold
estimated
27.000—37.000 €
Price realized
38.900 €