Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 15, 2015
LOT 256
GLARDON FINE ENAMEL PLAQUE Attributed to Charles Louis François Glardon-Leubel (Swiss, 1825-1887) Extremely fine and rare, rectangular painted on enamel plaque, mounted in a gilt-brass surround and giltwood frame by J. Casetti, Genève. Made circa 1860. Rectangular, polychrome enamel on copper, depicting a boy and girl with a goat sitting by a stream in an alpine forest, the goat nibbling the flowers in the girl's hair.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 33,000 - 50,000 / USD 4,300 - 6,500
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-70 |
Very good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline |
Notes
DIM. 4.8 x 5.7 cm.
Although apparently unsigned, this very fine enamel can be attributed to
Glardon-Leubel. The renowned Genevan enamellist Glardon-Leubel was
trained by Jean-Léonard Lugardon and his elder brother Jacques-Aimé
Glardon. Internationally recognized for his fine portraits often realized from
photographs or paintings, his works were regularly exhibited in Geneva, in
Paris and at the Royal Academy in London. He went on to become one of
the last good painters on enamel of the Geneva School and gained considerable
fame within his lifetime.