Box
1783-1790 (made)
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Enamelled gold box, with maker's mark for Jean Georges Rémond. The lid of the box is mounted with a plaque painted in enamel with a seated woman sketching a figure of Cupid on a plinth. The lid, base and sides of the box are decorated with guilloché enamel (translucent enamel applied over engine-turning) and with garlands of vine leaves and grapes executed in gold paillons.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Enamelled gold |
| Brief description | Enamelled gold box, with maker's mark for Jean Georges Rémond, Geneva, 1783-1790 |
| Physical description | Enamelled gold box, with maker's mark for Jean Georges Rémond. The lid of the box is mounted with a plaque painted in enamel with a seated woman sketching a figure of Cupid on a plinth. The lid, base and sides of the box are decorated with guilloché enamel (translucent enamel applied over engine-turning) and with garlands of vine leaves and grapes executed in gold paillons. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | mark (maker's mark for Jean Georges Rémond) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by W.W. Aston |
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| Accession number | M.129:1&:2-1917 |
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| Record created | June 16, 2005 |
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