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Sat, Feb 21, 2015 11:00AM EST - Sun, Feb 22, 2015 11:00AM EST
Lot 122

FINE AND RARE SWISS GOLD AND MULTI-COLORED ENAMEL BUTTERFLY MUSIC BOX, GENEVA, BY PIQUET AND MEYLAN

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

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.