Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 86

MEMENTO MORI TABLE BOX SILVER & ENAMEL Swiss. Made in the early 20th century. Fine and unusual, silver and guilloche enamel circular table box.

HKD 17,000 - 34,000

USD 2,100 - 4,400 / CHF 2,000 - 4,100

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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-75

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel

Notes

DIAM. 69 mm.