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Lot 63
A gilt-metal-mounted rectangular snuff box, probably Thuringian, 19th century
5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,400 inc. premium
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A gilt-metal-mounted rectangular snuff box, probably Thuringian, 19th century
The sides and base moulded in low relief with military trophies, heightened in gilding and enamels, the cover moulded with a profile bust of a young man facing sinister, within a laurel wreath flanked by martial trophies, all heightened in gilding and enamels, the mount chased with scrollwork and flowers, 9cm across, crossed LL mark and asterisk in underglaze-blue to inside of box
Footnotes
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 77
Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
