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Lot 7

A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1753-55

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

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A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1753-55

Superbly painted, probably by Isaak Jakob Clauce, each face of the exterior with a hunting scene within moulded rocaille borders, the inside cover with a landscape scene depicting Venus and Adonis with two recumbent hounds, the mounts chased with flowers, trellis panels and scrollwork, the mounts with two indistinct stamps, 7.5cm across; 3.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1626

Literature:
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 66;
Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 18

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 the dated for this box is missing in the catalogue, but is as stated in the online catalogue, 1753-55

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