Box
ca. 1780 (made)
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Coloured gold box set with enamelled plaques with a watch inserted in the lid, signed 'Fres Wiss & Amalric' and a musical box in the bottom, maker's mark 'DMC', crowned.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Varicoloured gold set with enamelled gold plaques, with a watch and a musical box inserted |
| Brief description | Varicoloured gold, set with enamelled plaques with a watch inserted in the lid, on the lid a fishing scene after a painting by Francois Boucher engraved in 1742 by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet. Signed 'Fres Wiss & Amalric' and a musical box in the bottom, maker's mark 'DMC', crowned, Geneva, about 1780 |
| Physical description | Coloured gold box set with enamelled plaques with a watch inserted in the lid, signed 'Fres Wiss & Amalric' and a musical box in the bottom, maker's mark 'DMC', crowned. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | ex Jones Collection |
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| Accession number | 898:1to:3-1882 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2005 |
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