Bonhams 1793 : An important Ellwangen or Schrezheim gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box with a portrait of Fürstprobst Anton Ignaz Josef Graf von Fugger, circa 1769

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5 Jul 2011 10:30 BST London, New Bond Street
The Helmut Joseph Collection of Important Snuff Boxes
Back to auction 19483

An important Ellwangen or Schrezheim gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box with a portrait of Fürstprobst Anton Ignaz Josef Graf von Fugger, circa 1769

Of flared oval form moulded with a basketwork ground reserved with four scroll-edged cartouches heightened in gilding on the box, and a large cartouche on the cover, the box with four landscape scenes including buildings and figures, the base with a similar scene and the cover with a view of Ellwangen, the inside cover superbly painted by Johann Andreas Bechdolff with a half-length portrait of Anton Ignaz Josef Graf Fugger zu Kirchberg und Wiessenhorn, 7.9cm across; 5.2cm high

Sold for £52,800 inc. premium

Footnotes

Provenance:
Dr. Paul von Ostermann Collection, Darmstadt / Munich, by 1909;
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 17 June 1986, lot 274

Literature:
Hofmann 1909, p. 47, no. 125;
Braun 1910, pp. 12-24;
Pazaurek 1925, II, pp. 395-396, ill. 368;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 315;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 71;
Rothmaier / Veit 2008, no. 30, cover illustration

Exhibited:
Munich, Bavarian National Museum, Altes Bayerisches Porzellan, 25 July-20 September 1909;
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1986-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010