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A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760 image 1
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Lot 86*

2 May 2013, 13:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1760

The sides, cover and base painted with landscape vignettes with birds, the inside cover depicting pheasants, 8.8cm wide; 7.2cm deep; 4cm high

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Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1636;
Helmut Joseph Collection, sold in these Rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 192

Literature:
B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18. Jahrhunderts (1985), no. 137;
B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes (1988), no. 42;
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 141

Exhibited:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1972-2003;
Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, London, 2003-2008

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