Box - Enamel
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Selected by Chiara Scotto Pasanisi dei Foscarini
Holds master’s in art business and decorative arts; exhibited at TEFAF Maastricht.
Estimate € 2,600 - € 2,900
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Exceptional and very large box in solid silver and enamelled vermeil, Norwegian, dating from the early 20th century.
The box is round, entirely in vermeil, and rests on four ball feet. It is guilloché with parallel small wavelets on the body and concentric on the lid.
The edge of this magnificent box is enamelled with green rectangular cartouches separated by red threads framed by two black bands, themselves dotted with gold points. Stylized seahorses animate a cartouche every other one.
Two brown enamel lines frame this edge, themselves underscored by gold leaf in the shapes of circles and stars.
The lid is decorated with a frieze of dolphins blowing bubbles formed by gold leaf. They are separated by suns, also enhanced with gold. The same brown enamel frieze as the edge of the box outlines the perimeter of the lid.
The handle is formed by a vermeil dolphin treated according to Art Deco codes. It is, on the lid, accentuated by friezes in black enamel and gold points.
The interior of the box is vermeil.
The box is stamped:
. 925 for sterling silver
. Letter S, probably for silver
. Maker’s mark of the David Andersen workshop
David Andersen founded the silversmithing house in 1876. It enjoyed great success due to the quality of its production. He died in 1901 and his son, Arthur Andersen, took over the company and developed the use of enamel, which would become the brand’s hallmark, and this technique quickly became inseparable from the name David Andersen. The house expanded and employed renowned silversmiths such as Thorbjorn Lie-Jorgensen. Born in 1900, he studied silversmithing as well as painting. He joined the David-Andersen team from 1927 to 1939 to modernize production. He later became a design professor in a course related to silversmithing while continuing to work for the firm. He is also known for his jewelry, highly recognizable, which was awarded in the 1950s.
The National Museum of Norway, in Oslo, preserves boxes made by Lie-Jorgensen for David Andersen. For example the candy dish OK-1992-0111 with an animal handle treated in the same way as our dolphin.
This box is exceptional on every level. By its remarkable dimensions, by the quality and richness of the decoration with a wide variety of forms, enamel colors, all enhanced by elements enameled in gold; as well as by the prestige of the silversmithing house that made it.
12.5 cm in diameter
8.5 cm high
490 grams
Very good condition. A very small enamel loss, very fine and barely visible, above one foot.
Pickup in Paris or insured Colissimo shipping.
France: €20
Europe: €30
World: €75
Exceptional and very large box in solid silver and enamelled vermeil, Norwegian, dating from the early 20th century.
The box is round, entirely in vermeil, and rests on four ball feet. It is guilloché with parallel small wavelets on the body and concentric on the lid.
The edge of this magnificent box is enamelled with green rectangular cartouches separated by red threads framed by two black bands, themselves dotted with gold points. Stylized seahorses animate a cartouche every other one.
Two brown enamel lines frame this edge, themselves underscored by gold leaf in the shapes of circles and stars.
The lid is decorated with a frieze of dolphins blowing bubbles formed by gold leaf. They are separated by suns, also enhanced with gold. The same brown enamel frieze as the edge of the box outlines the perimeter of the lid.
The handle is formed by a vermeil dolphin treated according to Art Deco codes. It is, on the lid, accentuated by friezes in black enamel and gold points.
The interior of the box is vermeil.
The box is stamped:
. 925 for sterling silver
. Letter S, probably for silver
. Maker’s mark of the David Andersen workshop
David Andersen founded the silversmithing house in 1876. It enjoyed great success due to the quality of its production. He died in 1901 and his son, Arthur Andersen, took over the company and developed the use of enamel, which would become the brand’s hallmark, and this technique quickly became inseparable from the name David Andersen. The house expanded and employed renowned silversmiths such as Thorbjorn Lie-Jorgensen. Born in 1900, he studied silversmithing as well as painting. He joined the David-Andersen team from 1927 to 1939 to modernize production. He later became a design professor in a course related to silversmithing while continuing to work for the firm. He is also known for his jewelry, highly recognizable, which was awarded in the 1950s.
The National Museum of Norway, in Oslo, preserves boxes made by Lie-Jorgensen for David Andersen. For example the candy dish OK-1992-0111 with an animal handle treated in the same way as our dolphin.
This box is exceptional on every level. By its remarkable dimensions, by the quality and richness of the decoration with a wide variety of forms, enamel colors, all enhanced by elements enameled in gold; as well as by the prestige of the silversmithing house that made it.
12.5 cm in diameter
8.5 cm high
490 grams
Very good condition. A very small enamel loss, very fine and barely visible, above one foot.
Pickup in Paris or insured Colissimo shipping.
France: €20
Europe: €30
World: €75
Details
Era
1900-2000
Weight
490 g
Country of origin
Norway
Material
Enamel
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
8.5 cm
Width
12.5 cm
Depth
0 cm
Estimated period
1930-1940
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