Hong Kong Christie’s is delighted to present the first ever sale of Gold Boxes in Asia on 25 November, introducing 75 lots of very rare jeweled gold boxes with exceptional provenance with estimates ranging from HK$16,000 to HK$3,200,000. Leading the sale is the gold and hardstone snuff-box by Johann-Christian Neuber (estimate: HK$3,200,000 – 5,200,000). The iconic piece is one of the only 14 known boxes to have been signed by this most celebrated German royal goldsmith of the 18th century which makes it extraordinarily rare. Other highlights of the sale include musical and automaton boxes, necessaires, scent bottles and snuff-boxes by the greatest of the Swiss goldsmiths and watchmakers including Piguet & Capt, Guidon, Gide & Blondet and Jean-Georges Remond, as well as gold and enamel snuff-boxes by the famous French goldsmiths of the 18th and 19th centuries such as Charles Le Bastier, Melchior-Rene Barre, Jean-Joseph Barriere and Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette.
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GUIDON, GIDE & BLONDET FILS（1801-1804），嵌有珠寶的瑞士琺瑯黃金自動音樂鼻煙盒《音樂課堂》 ，1804，附有標記，機芯刻有簽名「ANT. ROJARD À GEN È VE, INVINIT ET FECIT, NO 2170」；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元850,000 – 1,300,000 GUIDON, GIDE & BLONDET FILS (1801-1804), A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX WITH AUTOMATON “THE MUSIC LESSON”, 1804, MARKED, THE MOVEMENT WITH SCRATCHED SIGNATURE ‘ANT. ROJARD À GENÈVE, INVINIT ET FECIT, NO 2170’; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$850,000 – 1,300,000
JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841)，瑞士琺瑯黃金鼻煙盒，1830；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元160,000 – 220,000 JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841), A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, 1830; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$160,000 – 220,000
嵌有珠寶的瑞士琺瑯黃金音樂工具盒，1830，連腕錶及自動裝置；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元650,000 – 850,000 A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD NECESSAIRE SET WITH A WATCH AND AN AUTOMATON, 1830; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$650,000 – 850,000
GUIDON, RÉMOND, GIDE & CO.（1792-1801），瑞士琺瑯黃金鼻煙盒 ，1800，附有標記，印有存貨號碼17K90，附有維也納1806至1807年間使用的稅印，以及前奧匈帝國1868至1872年間使用的進口印；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元260,000 – 380,000 GUIDON, RÉMOND, GIDE & CO. (1792-1801), A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, 1800, MARKED, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 17K90, THE VIENNA TAX MARK FOR 1806-1807 AND THE IMPORT MARK FOR THE FORMER AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE 1868-1872; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$260,000 – 380,000
可能由ESAIAS FERNAU & COMPAGNIE製，德國琺瑯變色黃金鼻煙盒，1780，附有標記，印有19K金哈瑙市金標及兩枚法國1838年後限制保證金標；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元320,000 – 550,000 PROBABLY ESAIAS FERNAU & COMPAGNIE, A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOURED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, 1780, MARKED, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR NINETEEN CARAT GOLD AND TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$320,000 – 550,000
ALEXANDRE-JEAN-MARIE LEFERRE（1837-1860後），製嵌有袖珍肖像畫的法國變色黃金盒，約1840年，附有標記，袖珍肖像畫由PIERRE VICTOR NICOLAS DE MALLIÉE（活躍於1748-1774）製，印有兩枚法國1838年後限制保證金標；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元420,000 – 650,000 ALEXANDRE-JEAN-MARIE LEFERRE (1837 – AFTER 1860), A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD BOÎTE-À-MINIATURES, CIRCA 1840, MARKED, THE MINIATURES BY PIERRE VICTOR NICOLAS DE MALLIÉE (FL. 1748-1774), STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$420,000 – 650,000
PIGUET & CAPT (1802-1811)，瑞士琺瑯黃金音樂香水瓶，約1805年，附有標記，機芯附有簽名「PIGUET & CAPT, GENEVE,123」，外殼印有G D工匠標記；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元320,000 – 550,000 PIGUET & CAPT (1802-1811), A SWISS ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE, CIRCA 1805, MARKED, THE MOVEMENT SIGNED ‘PIGUET & CAPT, GENEVE,123’, THE CASE WITH MAKER’S MARK G D; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$320,000 – 550,000
SENÉ & DETALLA（約1795-1805），瑞士琺瑯黃金香料瓶，約1805年，附有標記；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元110,000 – 160,000 SENÉ & DETALLA (1795-1805), A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD VINAIGRETTE, CIRCA 1805, MARKED; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$110,000 – 160,000
ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE（1779-1839）, 法國鑲金木及光漆鼻煙盒, 1789年，附有標記, 印有FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789至1792年間使用的流通金標；圖片由藝術家及佳士得提供 估價：港元320,000 – 550,000 ADRIEN-JEAN-MAXIMILIEN VACHETTE (1779-1839), A FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED WOOD AND LACQUER SNUFF-BOX, 1789, MARKED, WITH THE DECHARGE MARK OF FRANÇOIS KALENDRIN 1789-1792; Courtesy of the artist and Christie’s Estimate: HK$320,000 – 550,000
