A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED GERMAN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1760, POSSIBLY BERLIN, THE MOUNTS WITH MARKS FOR STEPHEN ADAMS II, LONDON, 1821

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A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED GERMAN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1760, POSSIBLY BERLIN, THE MOUNTS WITH MARKS FOR STEPHEN ADAMS II, LONDON, 1821
Painted with vignettes of figures by classical ruins reserved within rocaille cartouches, the interior of the cover with two barefoot maidens attended by Cupid and a baby triton by the banks of a river, their suitors spying on them from the bushes at the left, a town in the background
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) wide

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