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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 467

La Comédie Frères Nicole à Genève, No. 162, case by George Reymond et Cie, Geneva, circa 1825, enamel attributed to Lissignol. Very fine and rare 18K gold painted on enamel musical snuff box.

CHF 28,000 - 35,000

EUR 19,000 - 24,000 / USD 16,500 - 21,000

Sold: CHF 41,400

C. Two-body, top panel very finely painted with an allegory of Comedy depicting a young woman holding a mask in her hand, others lying at her feet, behind, a violet drapery behind which two children are playing, gold frame chased with a repeated pattern, the edge with black and white champlevé enamel with gold flowers, the bottom part in predominantly dark blue translucent enamel over elaborate engine-turning with corners in white, azure and black champlevé enamel, the base with dark blue translucent enamel over elaborate engine-turning, black and white champlevé frame with gold acanthus leaves. Inside to the right, compartment for the musical movement covered with engine-turned panel, to the left ?snuff? compartment. M. Rectangular, 53 x 31 x 13.5 mm., top plate gilt brass, lower brass, full plate, pinned drum with two stocks of 15 tuned teeth each, one stock with grasshopper teeth, 5-wheel train. Dim. 90 x 61 x 23 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-51

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Notes

Frères Nicole à Genève Watchmakers and makers of musical pieces who later became specialized in musical pieces and musical boxes. 1828-1835. They signed a petition for the construction of a new Observatory in Geneva in 1829. Their recorded addresses are: Etuves 130, rue du Cendrier, passage des Bergues (1831) and passage du Cendrier 118 bis (1844). ?Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.