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Lot 126

A Fürstenberg gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1755-60

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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A Fürstenberg gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, circa 1755-60

Of bombé form, finely moulded with foliate scrollwork forming two wide and two narrow panels enclosing landscape scenes painted in iron-red depicting buildings in landscapes, the cover similarly moulded with a single panel, the interior undecorated, 8cm across; 8cm high

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See M. Unterberg, Frühes Fürstenberger Porzellan (2010), pp. 167ff., for a discussion of Fürstenberg snuff boxes. Another smaller snuff box of a similar shape is illustrated by B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine des manufactures européennes au 18e siècle (1985), cat.no.246.

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