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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 799
Not signed, attributed to H. Capt, Geneva, circa 1810. Very fine and rare, 18 ct. gold and enamel, pearl and diamond-set harp with music.
CHF 30,000 - 35,000
C. A maidcn, playing the guitar, finely painted on a small enamel panel (slightly restored) on the back of the instrument, outer champlevé enamelled musical instruments, flowers, birds and further decoration against a black ground, the sicle panels with similar ornements, small applied pearl set decoration and a rose-diamond set at the end of each rope. M. Giit brass with pointed barrel and six stacked vibrating steel blades. In very good condition. Dim. 74 x 34 mm.
Notes
At the period this piece was made, only Henry Capt
and J.D. Piguet in Geneva, were producing such
objects of vertu.