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Lot 67
A gold-mounted triangular snuff box, 19th century
5 July 2011, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,400 inc. premium
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A gold-mounted triangular snuff box, 19th century
In Meissen style, painted with a continuous chinoiserie scene around the sides depicting Orientals engaged in various amusing pursuits, above an iron-red double-line and a gilt border, the cover and inside cover with similar scenes, the base with a spray of indianische Blumen, the interior gilt, the mount twice struck with 'owl' mark, import mark for gold ware, France, after 1893, 8.9cm across (some wear to interior gilding)
Footnotes
Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 10
Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, ca. 1988-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010
