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Geneva, Nov 14, 2009
LOT 79
Allegory of History Remond, Lamy & Co., Geneva, the enamel attributed to Jean-Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819). Made 1801- 1804. Fine, 18K gold and painted on enamel table snuff box.
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
USD 15,000 - 20,000 / EUR 10,000 - 13,000
C. Two-body, rectangular with canted corners, the base and sides decorated with panels of translucent royal blue enamel over and engine-turned and black painted leaf and serpentine patterns, the hinged lid decorated with a finely painted scene representing an allegory of history, flanked by engraved gold palm trees and a globe and lyre on pedestals on a royal blue enamel ground. Punched with the mark of Remond, Lamy & Co. Dim. 95 x 69 x 16 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman
| Grading System | |
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-32 |
Fair Slightly restored |
Notes
Georges Reymond.
Active from 1783 to 1815-20. Became Master goldsmith on 22 December 1783 and struck his first Master mark. Seven years later he appears to have formed a company: Georges Rémond & Cie., which eventually became, circa 1800, Rémond, Mercier, Lamy & Cie. During the French occupation of Switzerland by Napoleon, J.-G. Rémond recorded marks. In 1792, the partners Joseph Guidon, Jean-George Rémond, David Gide, Laurent Guisseling and Jean-Noël Lamy informally began working as Guidon Remond Gide & Co., (the company was officially registered on January 1, 1796). In 1809 the firm took on the name of Jean Georges Rémond et Compagnie, and had offices both in Geneva and Hanau. The partners were Jean-George Rémond, Jean-Noël Lamy, Jean Boëhm, (domicilié à Hanau), Denis Blondet, Laurent Guiseling , and Daniel Berton. In 1811, Jean-George Rémond, Jean-Noël Lamy, Laurent Guisseling, Pierre Mercier and Daniel Berton formed a company known as Remond, Lamy, Mercier & Co.