Items with musical mechanism and automaton

Musical snuffbox in case

    Musical snuffbox in case

    Switzerland, Geneva

    Circa 1815

    Rémond, Jean-George, Remond, Lamy, Mercier & Co.

    Gold, enamel, pearls; painted (pictorial) enamel, guilloché enamel, chasing

    3.0 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm, case 4.5 x 12.5 cm, key 8.0 cm, second key 3.0 cm

    Marks: company mark “IGRC”, Geneva unofficial mark for gold used in 1807-1815 - “РС3” in an oval. On the inside of the case: «BY APPOINTMENT TO / HV THE QUEEN / GOLD SMITHS & CROWN JEWELLERS / GAGGAND&CO LTD/ LONDON / GARRARD / THE CROWN JEWELLERS”

    9660.1-4MCA592/ДПИ