THE BOX: MARK OF MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE ET MOYNIER, GENEVA, CIRCA 1840; THE MICROMOSAIC BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI

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A FINE SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ITALIAN MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX: MARK OF MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE ET MOYNIER, GENEVA, CIRCA 1840; THE MICROMOSAIC BY GIOACCHINO BARBERI
Oblong, the hinged cover set with a glazed micromosaic depicting a spaniel lying with two dead wood pigeons at its side, within a landscape, the sides and base cast with foliage scrolls on a textured ground, marked inside and on cover, the bezel further engraved 'Moulinié Bautte et Moynier à Genève' the micromosaic signed 'G. Barberi'
3 3/8 in. (87 mm.) wide

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拍品专文

Gioacchino Barberi (1783-1857) who worked in Rome at 99 Piazza de Spagna, near the Spanish steps was recorded in 1847 by G. Moroni (Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Venice, 1847, XLVII, pp. 79-80) as one of the leading artists of miniature micromosaics. His father, Paolo Emilio, was a painter and his uncle, Cavaliere Michelangelo was another famous micromosaic artist. Gioacchino is credited with the use of black enamel smalti which he used for backgrounds, a device taken from wall paintings at Herculaneum.
An enamelled gold snuff-box by Jean-François Bautte & Co set with a signed micromosaic by Barberi was sold Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 250.
For more information on the Barberi family, see J. Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection. Micromosaics, London, 2000, pp. 281-282.