Property from the
COLLECTION OF SYLVIA AND EMMA JACKSON,
SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF EMMA JACKSON
A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, circa 1750, of oblong form, the sides and hinged cover painted with romantic scenes after Watteau, the interior painted with the scene of a Beauty holding a mask, the mounts chased with scrolls and foliage--3½in. (9cm.) long
Details
A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, circa 1750, of oblong form, the sides and hinged cover painted with romantic scenes after Watteau, the interior painted with the scene of a Beauty holding a mask, the mounts chased with scrolls and foliage--3½in. (9cm.) long
Provenance
Mrs. Basil Ionides, Buxton Park, Sussex
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman
Sotheby's, New York, November 10-12, 1980, lot 1186.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman
Sotheby's, New York, November 10-12, 1980, lot 1186.
Literature
Carl C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection vol. III, p. 206, no. 35.