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FINE AND RARE SWISS GOLD AND MULTI-COLORED ENAMEL BUTTERFLY MUSIC BOX, GENEVA, BY PIGUET AND MEYLAN, C.1830
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FINE AND RARE SWISS GOLD AND MULTI-COLORED ENAMEL BUTTERFLY MUSIC BOX, GENEVA, BY PIGUET AND MEYLAN, C.1830

FINE AND RARE SWISS GOLD AND MULTI-COLORED ENAMEL BUTTERFLY MUSIC BOX, GENEVA, BY PIGUET AND MEYLAN, C.1830

Stamped; watch dial is marked 'PM 954', music movement is also marked 'PM 954 73'; the double hinged winged box with one well opening to an enamel watch dial within the blue enameled border and gold surround, the other a well, above the conforming cobalt blue and white enamel border, the underside decorated with a cobalt reserve, centered by a butterfly within an engraved trailing vine border, with two keys and in its original fitted leather case. 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. Exhibited: A very similar bejeweled enameled butterfly box by Piquet and Meylan was exhibited by Au Vieux Paris during the Paris Biennale des Antiquaires in 2014, see the exhibition catalogue, page 122 - 123. Possibly made for the Chinese market.

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Hammer Price
$105,000
02/21/2015
 

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