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A Höchst gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1775 image 1
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Lot 27

A Höchst gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1775

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

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Höchst gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1775

Painted in puce camaieu, the cover, base, front and back each with a landscape vignette a river or estuary scene, each side with trailing flowers tied with a ribbon at the rim, the inside cover with a landscape scene depicting a girl with a birdcage and her companion holding a bird, seated by a riverbank with a bridge and village in the distance, the mounts chased with foliate scrollwork, 10.2cm across (minor rubbing to base)

Footnotes

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 58

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, c. 1988-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

The painting has been attributed to the circle of Friedrich Carl Wohlfahrt and Johann Heinrich Usinger (see above, Literature).

Saleroom notices

Please note that it has been suggested that this box may be Tournai rather than Höchst.

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