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Lot 160

A Berlin gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1765

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Berlin gold-mounted rectangular snuff box, circa 1765

Finely painted in a delicate palette with scenes of ladies in Turkish dress with attendants and musicians flanked by trees, fountains, obelisks and vases, and on the base with a pet monkey, all on bases of puce scrollwork and flowers, the inside cover with a scene of a lady bathing by a fountain with two attendants, the mount chased with a foliate diaper pattern, 6.2cm by 8.1cm

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Provenance:
With A. Torre;
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1969 (sold Christie's London, 21 February 2005, lot 165)

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