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A Mennecy silver-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760 image 1
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A Mennecy silver-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760

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

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A Mennecy silver-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760

Moulded with basketwork on the cover and base and basketwork panels to the sides, painted with flower sprays and further, scattered blooms, the inside cover similarly decorated, the mounts with discharge mark of Eloy Brichard, Paris, 1756-62, and possibly crowned R, Paris, 1757-58, 6.8cm across

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1311

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 440;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 91;

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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