A NYMPHENBURG GOLD-MOUNTED OVAL PORTRAIT SNUFF-BOX the cover moulded by Domenicus Auliczek with a biscuit portrait of Elector Max Joseph III of Bavaria (1727-1777) in profile to the right on a puce ground within moulded and gilt rococo scrolls and coloured flowers, the base moulded with gilt rococo foliage scrolls suspending swags of flowers, the underside with a flower-spray and the interior of the cover with the Homage to Abundance, a scantily draped nymph with three attendants with baskets of flowers beside a rococo fountain and a vase of flowers, the contemporary gold mount chased with scrolls, flowers and a shell thumbpiece (very slight wear to rim of underside and slight scratch to cover), impressed shield mark to interior, circa 1765

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A NYMPHENBURG GOLD-MOUNTED OVAL PORTRAIT SNUFF-BOX the cover moulded by Domenicus Auliczek with a biscuit portrait of Elector Max Joseph III of Bavaria (1727-1777) in profile to the right on a puce ground within moulded and gilt rococo scrolls and coloured flowers, the base moulded with gilt rococo foliage scrolls suspending swags of flowers, the underside with a flower-spray and the interior of the cover with the Homage to Abundance, a scantily draped nymph with three attendants with baskets of flowers beside a rococo fountain and a vase of flowers, the contemporary gold mount chased with scrolls, flowers and a shell thumbpiece (very slight wear to rim of underside and slight scratch to cover), impressed shield mark to interior, circa 1765
7cm. wide

Provenance

Anon. sale Christie's Geneva, 10 November 1975, lot 204

Lot Essay

Cf. F.H. Hofmann, Geschichte der Bayerischen Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg, fig. 367 and fig. 384 for boxes with similar portraits, see also Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Böites en Porcelaine, no. 281 and Barbara Beacamp-Markowsky, Collection of 18th century Porcelain Boxes, no. 63 for a white box with the same portrait

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