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Box

1783-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
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.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
mark (maker's mark for Jean Georges Rémond)
Credit line
Bequeathed by W.W. Aston
Collection
Accession number
M.129:1&:2-1917

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Record createdJune 16, 2005
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