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A gold-mounted rectangular porcelain snuff box, circa 1760
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A gold-mounted rectangular porcelain snuff box, circa 1760
Footnotes
Provenance:
Connal Wade Harris Collection, Isle of Man, sold by Christie's London, 7 October 1985, lot 191
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 23
Exhibition:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1985-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
The scene on the cover is based upon an engraving of a Venetian palace by Melchior Küssel, titled 'Palazzo des Ambasciator von Frankreich zu Venedig in Canal regio', published in two series in 1681 and 1682 by Johann Wilhelm Baur (illustrated by Cassidy-Geiger 1996, fig. 35). The same scene was used on a Meissen dish from the 'Christie-Miller' service, sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 24 November 2010, lot 53.
