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Lot 176

A gilt-metal-mounted Meissen-style oval snuff box, 19th century,

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,400 inc. premium

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A gilt-metal-mounted Meissen-style oval snuff box, 19th century,

Decorated with Oriental figures in elaborate landscapes of Kakiemon flowers and rockwork, alternating with detailed trellis, in the style of J.E Stadler, the fluted base with turquoise petals separated by a line of gilding, mounted in a gilt-copper mount with rocaille thumbpiece,
7.2cm across, KPM mark and crossed swords in underglaze-blue inside base

Footnotes

Provenance:
Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1682; thence to his son
Helmut Joseph Collection, sold in these Rooms, 5 July 2011, lot 64

Literature:
B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18. Jahrhunderts (1985), no. 8;
B. Beaucamp-Markowsky, Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes (1988), no. 2

Exhibited:
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003;
London, Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, 2003-2008;
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, The Bowes Museum, 2008-2010

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