Antiquorum in Love, Impotant Horology...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 16, 1997
LOT 99
Jean Abraham Lissignol, circa 1810. "La Science et 1'Amour tentant d'arreter le temps". Magnificent 18K and enamel snuff box.
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
USD 14,000 - 17,000
Double body rectancgular with canted corners, base and side panels of blue flinque with white and blue champleve enamelled borders, the lid with a very fine enamel panel, painted with a scene featuring Science and Love in an attempt to stop Time personified as Kronos, within a gold frame chased with a wreath of leaves, (sides restored). Signed centre right. Dim. 71 x 100 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 18 |
Spotted |
Notes
Lissignol Jean-Abraham (1749 - 1819)
Very well-known painter on enamel from the second part of the
18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Ile was the
pupil of Marc Roux. Then, in 1767, he went into partnership
with him and with Joseph Cabanal. He decorated snuff-boxes
and watch cases and worked for Jaquet Droz and Leschot, the
Rochat Brothers and John Rich.