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Lot 69

A silver-mounted snuff box, possibly Meissen, 19th century

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

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A silver-mounted snuff box, possibly Meissen, 19th century

Cartouche-shaped, modelled with a recumbent pug on the cover, the sides painted with a continuous Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside, the base with a similar scene in purple camaieu, the cover with two vignettes flanking the pug, within a gilt scrollwork border, the inside cover with an oval panel depicting an elegant lady seated at a table, within a border of gilt scrollwork and flowers, the mount with scroll thumbpiece, 7cm across

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1194

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 50;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 13

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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