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Lot 49

A Mennecy silver-mounted snuff box, circa 1750-55

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

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A Mennecy silver-mounted snuff box, circa 1750-55

In the form of a commode, moulded with basketwork and three drawers at the front, the silver mount with discharge mark of Julien Berthe, Paris, 1750-56, and crowned P for Paris, 1755-56, 6.3cm across

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1339

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 87;

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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