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A Berlin gilt-bronze-mounted rectangular enamel snuff box, circa 1765 image 1
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Lot 104

A Berlin gilt-bronze-mounted rectangular enamel snuff box, circa 1765

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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A Berlin gilt-bronze-mounted rectangular enamel snuff box, circa 1765

Superbly painted by Isaak Jakob Clauce, the cover depicting a group of figures beneath an awning in a wooded landscape, the sides with single figures in landscapes, the inside cover with a seated young man embracing a woman carrying eggs in her apron, the base with a small landscape vignette, the contemporary gilt-metal mounts chased with flowers and scrollwork, 6.5cm by 8.2cm (some minor haircracks)

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For a short discussion on Isaak Jakob Clauce, see B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine des Manufactures européennes au 18e siècle (1985), no. 66.

A similar enamel snuff box, signed by Clauce, was recently sold by Koller, Zurich, 24 March 2014, lot 1458.

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