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Classic Week at Christie’s London includes the sale of Gold Boxes from an American Private Collection and The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics, Silver and Galanterie
The group of gold boxes from an American Private Collection includes German, French, Swiss and English boxes, mostly made during the 18th century, dating from the golden age of snuff-boxes and produced by some of the most reputable goldsmiths of the period such as Sageret, Drais, Blerzy Toussaint and Rémond. The group speaks of a particular taste on the part of the collector for colors, with the majority of the boxes featuring a rainbow of colored enamels alongside glittering gold, highlighting the creativity of goldsmiths and especially enamellists who generally trained as porcelain painters in Meissen or Sèvres.
