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Lot 66

A silver-gilt-mounted oval snuff box, 19th century

5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A silver-gilt-mounted oval snuff box, 19th century

Of bombé shape, decorated with cartouches of Böttger lustre surrounded by puce camaieu and iron-red scrollwork enclosing chinoiserie scenes after the Schulz-codex, the base with a large Kakiemon flower spray, 5.4cm wide, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to inside base

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 11;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 4

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

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