97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 203

"S&D" (Sené & Détalla à Genève), 74 x 52 x 19 mm, 59 g, circa 1800
A representative Swiss gold enamel snuff box
Case: 18K gold, Makers' mark "S&D" (Sené & Détalla), Geneva, two later Parisian punch marks for gold 1838-1846.
Oval case with allover engine-turned pattern, hinged lid with framed cartouche-shaped enamel miniature: romantic scene showing a young man handing a rose to his beloved. The rims of the lid and the base are decorated with Champlevé volutes and tulips, the sides are decorated with vases.
The partnership of Geneva goldsmiths Philippe Sené and Détalla must have existed before 1795 and was most likely disolved in 1805; in 1798 Sené had formed a partnership with his brother-in-law Henry Neisser, who had moved from Hanau to Geneva in 1783 and the company was renamed to Sené & Neisser in October 1805. Philippe Sené died in November 1807 and in 1808 Neisser registered his own master’s mark.

estimated
14.00020.000 €
Price realized
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