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Lot 57
A Doccia gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760
5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £13,200 inc. premium
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A Doccia gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760
The sides, front and back each painted with a landscape vignette depicting pastoral figures, the base with a leafy flower branch, the cover superbly painted with half-length figures of a cavalier holding a lady's hand, the inside cover with cupid in flight over a river landscape firing an arrow, the gold mounts chased with scrollwork, 7.8cm across
Footnotes
Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1679
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 481;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 99;
Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
