5 Jul 2011
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Helmut Joseph Collection of Important Snuff Boxes
Back to auction 19483
The Helmut Joseph Collection of Important Snuff Boxes
Back to auction 19483
A Mennecy silver-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1760-70
Moulded with a basketwork pattern overall, reserved on the cover with a large flower-head in low relief, heightened in puce and blue, and with a scroll-edged, diamond-shaped cartouche on the base enclosing a painted flower spray, painted with scattered flower sprigs overall, the inside cover with a flower spray, the mount with indistinct discharge mark, possibly for Rome, and for Julien Alaterre, Paris, 1768-79, 7cm across
Sold for
£720
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1605
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 441;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 92;
Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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