Meissen bombe snuff box, harbour scenes, assumed 19th century but subject to testing
A Meissen-style gilt-metal-mounted snuff box, second half 19th century
Cartouche-shaped, painted with Kauffahtrei scenes of merchants and their wares by a quayside, within scrollwork cartouches on the cover and sides, a similar scene inside the cover and another in purple monochrome on the base, interior gilt, 7.9cm across
Estimate:
£4,000 - 6,000
€4,700 - 7,000
US$ 6,000 - 9,000

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics


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