Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 52
“R • P / C”; the enamel attributable to Jean-Louis Richter
“Tabatière” pill-box; 18K yellow gold and enamel
HKD 61,000 - 78,000
CHF 7,400 - 9,500 / USD 7,800 - 10,000
18K yellow gold and enamel, round-shaped “tabatière” pill-box; base and band decorated with Royal blue flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) panels, the base with a starry decoration of golden paillons.
The lid with a scene showing a young horseman, standing next to his beautiful white stallion, giving a charming young woman a white handkerchief that she must have dropped; the background shows a view of the Mont-Blanc, painted on enamel on gold attributable to JeanLouis Richter (1766-1841), Geneva.