Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015
MEMENTO MORI TABLE BOX SILVER & ENAMEL Swiss. Made in the early 20th century. Fine and unusual, silver and guilloche enamel circular table box.
Two-body, circular, engine-turned base, the lid decorated with translucent cognac enamel over an engine-turned image of a putto sitting on a ledge with an hourglass to his left and a skull to his right, white enamel line border, the sides overlaid with cognac enamel over an engine-turned ground.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-75 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel |