Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019

LOT 56

UNSIGNED CABINET MINIATURE; GILDED BRASS AND ENAMEL

HKD 10,000 - 12,000

CHF 1,250 - 1,500 / USD 1,300 - 1,550

Sold: HKD 25,000

Enamel, horizontal rectangular-shaped with round corners, cabinet miniature


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-71-77

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Restored soft enamel

Brand Unsigned

Year Circa 1750

Dimensions 50.2 x 71.8 mm. (without frame) / 74.8 x 85.6 mm. (with frame)

Accessories Mid-18th century gilded brass frame

Notes

Polychrome painting on enamel on copper, by an unidentified artist, probably Geneva, showing a young woman reading a score (“Minuet” and “Jig”) to a young musician playing the recorder; engraved and chiselled “Louis XV” frame with a decoration of arabesques and flowers.