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A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1750-60
5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £18,000 inc. premium
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A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1750-60
The exterior painted with battle scenes, framed around the side with fluted columns supporting arches in brown monochrome, the inside cover with a scene depicting a cavalier and a lady with a fan seated in front of a tent, 8.8cm across
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Property of a Lady of Title, sold Christie's Geneva, 20 November 1970, lot 481
Literature:
Joseph 1977, ill. 5;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 55;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 15
Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
