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Lot 65
A gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, 19th century
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5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,600 inc. premium
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A gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, 19th century
In Meissen style, painted on each side with a chinoiserie scene within a shaped gilt scrollwork cartouche enclosing lustre and embellished with iron-red scrollwork, the cover similarly decorated, the base with a chinoiserie vignette, the inside cover with an elaborate chinoiserie scene, the mounts moulded with floral scrollwork, 7.4cm across, K.P.M. and crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to base of box interior
Footnotes
Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1312
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 9;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 3
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 there is a very fine hairline in the side of this box.
