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A varicoloured gold boîte-à-mouches, Pierre Cerneau, Paris, 1771

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October 14, 05:38 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

Lot Details

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A varicoloured gold boîte-à-mo🤪uches, Pierre Cerneau💦, Paris, 1771


rectangular, each panel centred by an oval reserve with floral spray in rose, lemon, white and yellow gold, chased foliate band to the rim, the sides with bands of leaves alternating with scallop shells, the lid opening to reveal a compartment with a hinged lid and space for the gold mounted brush, the base opening to reveal a shallow compartment, both lid interiors fitted with a mirror, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Julien Alaterre, the brush with discharge mark of Alaterre

weight: 150.9 g

length 2¼in.; 5,7 cm

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Boîte à mouches en orᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ de plusieurs couleurs, Pierre Cerneau, Paris, 1771


le couvercle révélant un compartiment et un espace pour le pinceau monté sur or, la base s'ouvrant pour révéler un compartiment, la face interne des couvercles équipée de miroirs, poinçon d'orfèvre, poinçons de charge et de décharge de Julien Alaterre, le pinceau avec le poinçon de décharge d'Alaterre

weight: 150.9 g

length 2¼in.; 5,7 cm

Koopman Rare Art, 2015.

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Koopman Rare Art, 2015.

Evidently Pierre Cerneau was a former employee of the gold box maker Noel Hardivilliers who acted as sponsor when Cerneau became master goldsmith on 24 March 1762, with both living at the same address on the pont au Change. Cerneau lacked the official qualifications, but together with three other candidates paid 3000 livres for the poor of the corporation. He moved to quai Pelletier in 1766. In 1774, he is noted in the almanac as: Cerneau, pont St Michel, à la Croix de Malthe, connu pour les bijoux garnis, les cristaux, cailloux, etc. The same year he is listed as 233rd in importance in the Corporation out of 300, as might be expected for someone who was most likely mainly a mounter. By 1780, he had moved to pont St Michel where his wife Marie Aimée Dodillon's burial is recorded on 28 April and his own death on 17 December 1783.