Remond & Cie, Geneve, circa 1810. "The Gracques: Tiberius and Caius" Extremely fine 18K gold and enamel snuff-box with built-in watch. | Important Watches, Wristwatches and Clocks | Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, 12th April 1997

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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997

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Remond & Cie, Geneve, circa 1810. "The Gracques: Tiberius and Caius" Extremely fine 18K gold and enamel snuff-box with built-in watch.

CHF 70,000 - 90,000

Sold: CHF 97,000

C. Three body, rectangular with canted corners, side and back panels of blue translucent enamel over engine-turning, the borders with azure and white champleve enamelled decoration, white and blue enamelled rosettes on the canted corners. The enamel panel of the lid finely painted with a scene depicting Cornelia with her children Tiberius and Chins, flanked on the left and on the right, by medallions painted en grisaille with profiles of the Gracques at the adult age against a brown ground and framed by champleve enamelled garlands of laurel. On the right, is the watch compartment lid. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gold "arrow" hands; the gold dial plate with white and blue champleve enamelled decoration in a geometrical pattern. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. This box is punched with the Master Mark used by Jean-Georges Remond from 1810 to 1815. In very good condition. Dim. 95 x 50 mm.

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Jean-Georges Remond Geneva, Goldsmith, active from 1783 to 1815/20. Master Goldsmith 22 December 1783 and struck his first master mark. Seven years later he appears to have formed a company: George Remond Sc Cie., which eventually became circa 1800, Remond, Mercier, Lamy & Cie. During the French occupation of Switzerland by Napoleon, J.-G. Remond recorded marks which were in accordance with the laws of the newly formed Departement of Leman, i.e. his initials within a lozenge. From 1815 to 1820, the fi rm Lamy, Remond, Mercier, Daniel Berton, used a similar mark, but no longer enclose by a lozenge. It seems that Remond retired or died during this partnership, since in 1820 a new firm of Mercier, Blondel and Berton was formed. However this new company only lasted a further seven years, until 14 April 1827. Remond ' s different Master Marks: between laurel branches, circa 1780 - 1790. with a crown above, circa 1790 - 1800. circa 1800 - 1810. in a lozenge, circa 1810 - 1815. 1815, before 1820.