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Lot 14

A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted oval snuff-box, circa 1755

5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £15,600 inc. premium

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A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted oval snuff-box, circa 1755

The base, cover and inside cover painted with scenes depicting Saxon miners at work, the cover depicting an inspector-general with the 'AR' monogram on his hat, the sides of the cover and box painted with flower sprigs, the mount with a floral thumbpiece, 6.6cm across; 3.1cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Property of a Gentleman, sold Sotheby's London, 27 June 1961, lot 101;
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1620

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 105;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 33;
Slotta/Lehmann/Pietsch 1999, p. 342 (illustrated)

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

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