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Lot 296

A Meissen pipe stopper in the form of a lady's leg, circa 1750

23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

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A Meissen pipe stopper in the form of a lady's leg, circa 1750

With a yellow shoe with gilt buckle and purple stripes, the stocking with a red garter with moulded blue ribbon and purple ornament at the ankle, 6.5cm

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's Geneva, 17 November 1980;
The British American Tobacco Collection of Eighteenth-Century Tobacco Containers & Accessories (acquired in the above sale)

Literature:
Fellner, S (ed.), Die lasterhafte Panazee, 1993, no. I/92

Exhibited:
Vienna, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, Die lasterhafte Panazee 500 Jahre Tabakkultur in Europa, 11 June-4 October 1992

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