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Lot 43

A Saint Cloud silver-mounted figural snuff box, circa 1740

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

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A Saint Cloud silver-mounted figural snuff box, circa 1740

In the form of a shepherd reclining with his crook and dog in front of him, with a blue-painted strap over his shoulder, the box painted with sprigs of flowers and grass, both sides of the cover similarly decorated, 7.5cm across

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1406

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 376;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 81;

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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