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Lot 20

A Meissen gold-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1750-60

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

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A Meissen gold-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1750-60

Moulded with scrollwork cartouches entwined with flowers, heightened in enamels and gilding, each enclosing a landscape scene with figures and buildings, the inside cover with a similar, elaborate river scene, the interior painted with scattered flower sprigs, the gold mounts probably later, 8cm wide, 4.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1619

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 167;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 45

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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