A Meissen gilt-metal-mounted oval double snuffbox, circa 1765
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A Meissen gilt-metal-mounted oval double snuffbox, circa 1765
The covers and each side painted with a scene depicting elegant figures in palace gardens between moulded scrollwork borders, the inside covers with similar scenes, the gilt-metal mounts hinged on opposite sides, 7.4cm wide; 6.3cm high
Estimate:
£5,000 - 7,000
€5,800 - 8,200
US$ 7,500 - 11,000

Footnotes

  • Literature:
    Ultich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 118

    A similar snuff box was in the C.H. Fischer Collection, Dresden, sold by J.M. Heberle, Cologne, 22-25 October 1906, lot 598. Another in the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, is illustrated by B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen (1985), no. 166.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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