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Lot 53
A rare Mennecy silver-mounted drum-shaped snuff box, circa 1770-80
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5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,400 inc. premium
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A rare Mennecy silver-mounted drum-shaped snuff box, circa 1770-80
Modelled with purple-edged drapery, the cover painted with a martial trophy, the side with a similar trophy including a radiant sun with an eye in the centre and a flag with fleurs de lys, the reverse with a pile of cannonballs and a fleur de lys, the underside coloured in ochre, indistinct discharge marks, possible for Paris, 1783-86, 4.5cm high, 6.5cm diam., (flat chip to edge of drapery)
Footnotes
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 447;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 93;
Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
Saleroom notices
Please note that the cover of this box is cracked across and has been restuck.
