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Lot 21

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

The exterior moulded with rococo cartouches and flowers painted in shades of green, each enclosing a woodland scene with figures from the Commedia dell'arte and elegant couples, the inside cover with a scene of Cupid arriving on a cloud between Harlequin and an elegant lady and her attendant, the reeded gold mounts chased with foliate scrollwork and with a shell thumbpiece, 8.2cm wide, 5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1608

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 169, col. pl.;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 46

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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