A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED BLUE MOSAIC-GROUND RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX painted with lovers in landscapes within puce and yellow scroll cartouches, the inside of the cover with two scantily draped nymphs in a wooded landscape, the hinged gold-mounts with scrolls (cover cracked across and restored, crack and restoration to one short side), circa 1750
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A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED BLUE MOSAIC-GROUND RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX painted with lovers in landscapes within puce and yellow scroll cartouches, the inside of the cover with two scantily draped nymphs in a wooded landscape, the hinged gold-mounts with scrolls (cover cracked across and restored, crack and restoration to one short side), circa 1750
9cm wide
Lot Essay
Cf. Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, op. cit., p. 114, no. 86