Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 11, 2019

LOT 5

SOUVENIR D’AMITIE, GOLD AND ENAMEL CARNET DE BAL

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 24,000 - 40,000 / USD 3,000 - 5,000

Very fine, “Etui-à-tablette”, carnet-de-bal; yellow gold and enamel. “Souvenir D’amitié”


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Brand Illegible Maker's Mark

Year Circa 1780-1790

Material Yellow gold and enamel

Dimensions 79.6 x 50.6 x 7.7 mm

Notes

Yellow gold and enamel, flattened oblong rectangular-shaped, “Etui-à-tablette”, carnet-de-bal, with inside, three-leaved ivory tablets (one partly broken) with gold rivet and a gold pencil. Etui-à-tablette”. The fashion of these small étuis (cases) develops throughout the 18th century. These small flat cases containing a writing kit (ivory tablets and pencil) are then used to record his appointments. These cases are the ancestors of the carnets-de-bal (notebooks) that will develop during the 19th century. The inscription “Souvenir d’amitié” (Souvenir of Friendship) underlines the sentimental value of such gifts.