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DIPLOMATIC PRESENT OFFERED TO THE GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NICOLAÏ - Lot 362

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DIPLOMATIC PRESENT OFFERED TO THE GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NICOLAÏ - Lot 362
DIPLOMATIC PRESENT OFFERED TO THE GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NICOLAÏEVNA, QUEEN OF WURTEMBERG, DAUGHTER OF TSAR NICOLAS I OF RUSSIA. Maystre, Remond & Cie, Genèvre, around 1810. Beautiful snuffbox "Ottoman", in pink gold, oval shape, the hinged lid is decorated in the center with a bouquet of polychrome flowers painted on a plate enamelled in translucent red on a guilloche background, framed by a frieze of small flowers in champlevé enamel and on the other side appears a basket of flowers. The lobed border is decorated with enamelled motifs of trophies alternating with cups of flowers on an alternating pink and sky blue background, inside in pink gold. Preserved in its original red morocco case, inside velvet and ivory colored silk, bordered on the top of the lid by a leafy frieze gilded with petit-fers. Very slight accidents. Work attributed to Jean-Antoine Maystre (1798-1834) and marketed by Jean-Georges Remond (1752-1830), jeweler and goldsmith in Geneva and Hanau from 1804 to 1830. Enjoying a good reputation, his products were exhibited in Paris and and sold in Germany, Russia, Turkey, India and China. India and China. Title mark: 18 carat equivalent. Importation mark : George IV, London, 1828. H. : 2, cm - L. : 8,3 cm - W. : 6 cm. Gross weight : 190 g. History : former collection of the grand duchess Olga Nicolaïévna (1822- 1896), queen of Wurtemberg from 1864 to 1896, as attested by an inventory label bearing the n° 485 and a label with her monogram O. N. (Olga Nicolaïévna. Reference: see a similar snuffbox but with a different decoration representing a view of the Bosphorus in the collection of the diplomat Jean Pozzi (1884-1967), exhibited at the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève.
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