99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 492
Jacques-Joseph de Gault / Adolphe Chadouteau, Paris, 74 x 32 mm, 171 g, circa 1790/1865
An exquisite French Napoleon III two-colour gold Bonbonniére with sepia miniatures by Jacques-Joseph de Gault - with morocco case
Case: 18k pink gold, ivory, glass, signed twice "J. J. DeGault", master's mark "AC" in a lozenge (Adolphe Chadouteau, Paris), later French control mark.
Cover, base and sides of this round bonbonnière "à cage" are decorated with six miniatures by Jacques-Joseph de Gault (1738-1817) behind glass panes. The miniatures have the appearance of cameos; they are painted on ivory and show sepia-coloured, antique-style bacchanalian scenes of frolicsome abandon, featuring various characters such as fauns, musicians and putti. The miniatures on lid and base are signed "J.J. De Gault". The gold mountings are made of red gold and decorated with engraved yellow gold flowers.
Jacques-Joseph de Gault (1738-1817) was a miniature painter specialising in "en grisaille" paintings in enamel or on ivory which were inspired by the neoclassical fashion for cameos. He worked with the most famous Parisian goldsmiths of his time such as Pierre-François Drais (active 1763-1788), Jean Ducrollay (active 1734-1761), Charles Ouizille (active 1771-1830) and Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette (active 1779-1839).
Jacques-Joseph de Gault developed his particular style while he was working as a porcelain painter at the Sèvres factory from 1758 till 1760. His favourite motifs were bacchanalian scenes.
A similar box was part of the Gilbert Collection and is now owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Louvre holds 13 gold boxes with miniatures by de Gault (see Grandjean, "Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre", Paris, 1981). Another box is in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (Anna Somers Cocks and Charles Truman "The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection - Renaissance jewels, gold boxes and objets de vertu", London 1984, S. 224-225); two more are illustrated and described in A. Kenneth Snowman "Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes Of Europe", London 1990, p. 227 and 232.
An exquisite French Napoleon III two-colour gold Bonbonniére with sepia miniatures by Jacques-Joseph de Gault - with morocco case
Case: 18k pink gold, ivory, glass, signed twice "J. J. DeGault", master's mark "AC" in a lozenge (Adolphe Chadouteau, Paris), later French control mark.
Cover, base and sides of this round bonbonnière "à cage" are decorated with six miniatures by Jacques-Joseph de Gault (1738-1817) behind glass panes. The miniatures have the appearance of cameos; they are painted on ivory and show sepia-coloured, antique-style bacchanalian scenes of frolicsome abandon, featuring various characters such as fauns, musicians and putti. The miniatures on lid and base are signed "J.J. De Gault". The gold mountings are made of red gold and decorated with engraved yellow gold flowers.
Jacques-Joseph de Gault (1738-1817) was a miniature painter specialising in "en grisaille" paintings in enamel or on ivory which were inspired by the neoclassical fashion for cameos. He worked with the most famous Parisian goldsmiths of his time such as Pierre-François Drais (active 1763-1788), Jean Ducrollay (active 1734-1761), Charles Ouizille (active 1771-1830) and Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette (active 1779-1839).
Jacques-Joseph de Gault developed his particular style while he was working as a porcelain painter at the Sèvres factory from 1758 till 1760. His favourite motifs were bacchanalian scenes.
A similar box was part of the Gilbert Collection and is now owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Louvre holds 13 gold boxes with miniatures by de Gault (see Grandjean, "Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre", Paris, 1981). Another box is in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (Anna Somers Cocks and Charles Truman "The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection - Renaissance jewels, gold boxes and objets de vertu", London 1984, S. 224-225); two more are illustrated and described in A. Kenneth Snowman "Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes Of Europe", London 1990, p. 227 and 232.
estimated
36.000—60.000 €
Price realized
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