97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 222

"AL" (Alexandre Leferre), Paris, punched flange number 28, 54 x 77 x 22 mm, 102 g, circa 1850
An exquisite French gold enamel snuff box for the Chinese market "Summer Flowers"
Case: 20K gold, maker's punch mark "AL" (Alexandre Leferre), Paris, French guarantee mark for 20k gold 1838-1919.
Oval form, scalloped, opaque rose-coloured enamel ground, all sides decorated with engraved gilt foliage scrolls and translucent green and red Champlevé enamel. Central oval enamel plaques painted with multi-coloured summer flowers on engine-turned and translucent grey enamel ground on lid and base.
Alexandre-Jean-Marie Leferre
Alexander Leferre was one of the best known members of an established family of Parisian goldsmiths. Much of his production (between 1837 and 1852) was portrait boxes in an earlier style, but he also did ones mounted "a cage" in 18th century style, such as two in the Louvre collection mounted with vernis martin panels and european lacquer. The last known snuff box from Alexander Leferre was delivered to Jules Fossin in 1852 for Prince Anatole Demidoff.

estimated
10.00020.000 €
Price realized
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