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Lot 48

A rare Chantilly silver-mounted snuff box, circa 1740

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

£5,000 - £7,000

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A rare Chantilly silver-mounted snuff box, circa 1740

Of lobed, circular form moulded with three panels, painted in Kakiemon style with trailing flowers on the panels, alternating with flowering branches, red line borders, the cover similarly decorated, with flowering plants on the inside cover and on the base, 6.5cm diam.

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1621

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 401;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 86;

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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