86,250 HKD
Attributable to the workshop of Jacques Bruguier, Geneve, No. 5 -V, circa 1850. Very fine tortoiseshell, enamel and 18K gold, singing bird box. Notes Although it is not signed, this singing bird box is very similar to that signed Jacques Bruguier, Cendrier 14, Geneve, No. XXXXI, sold by Antiquorum in Hong Kong on June 10, 1997, lot No. 110, The meaning of the No. "5-V", scratched inside the case could be "55". This singing bird box, then would be the following one, in the same series. Jacques Bruguier Son of the celebrated singing bird box maker Charles Abraham Bruguier. He also worked in Geneva, first at 6, rue Bonivard and later at 14, rue du Cendrier just before taking over his father's workshop and succeeding him after his death in 1862.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-06-07
