98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 87
"CM" (Charles Magnin), Geneva, 89 x 38 x 26 mm, 76 g, circa 1840
A high quality Swiss gold box "View of the Bay of Naples"
Case: 18k gold, master’s mark "CM" (Charles Magnin).
Square box with rounded corners, allover ornamented with fine engraving and engine-turned pattern. The hinged lid is exquisitely engraved with the Bay of Naples and a smoking Vesuvius in the distance. Seen in the foreground are a goatherd and a man riding a donkey.
A high quality Swiss gold box "View of the Bay of Naples"
Case: 18k gold, master’s mark "CM" (Charles Magnin).
Square box with rounded corners, allover ornamented with fine engraving and engine-turned pattern. The hinged lid is exquisitely engraved with the Bay of Naples and a smoking Vesuvius in the distance. Seen in the foreground are a goatherd and a man riding a donkey.
Sold
estimated
4.000—6.000 €
Price realized
3.900 €