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Lot 33

A Frankenthal gilt-metal-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1770

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

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A Frankenthal gilt-metal-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1770

Of slightly waisted form with a domed cover and the exterior moulded with a basketwork pattern, the base and cover painted with chinoiserie scenes after Jean Pillement, the sides with landscape scenes depicting ruins, castles and bridges over rivers, the inside cover with a scene of peasants smoking and drinking, the mounts with wavy borders, 8cm wide

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1630

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 294;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 67

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

The chinoiserie scenes on the cover and base are based on two prints by Jean Pillement from a series, 'Livre de Chinois', published in London in 1758 and engraved by P.C. Canot.

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