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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED MEISSEN SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1750, THE MOUNT UNMARKED
Details
A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED MEISSEN SNUFF BOX
Circa 1750, the mount unmarked
Painted after Watteau with gallants and companions in landscape vignettes on all sides and on the convex bottom, the cover scene within a rocaille-moulded cartouche, the interior painted with two soldiers and their companions relaxing at the edge of a military encampment, the contemporary mount chased with entwined ribbon and garland, the thumbpiece with flowers
3in. (7.6cm.) wide
Circa 1750, the mount unmarked
Painted after Watteau with gallants and companions in landscape vignettes on all sides and on the convex bottom, the cover scene within a rocaille-moulded cartouche, the interior painted with two soldiers and their companions relaxing at the edge of a military encampment, the contemporary mount chased with entwined ribbon and garland, the thumbpiece with flowers
3in. (7.6cm.) wide
Sale room notice
The description should read: A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED GERMAN SNUFF-BOX, circa 1760, probably Fürstenburg