The Property of the Executors of
The late THE RT. HON. ALEXANDER FRANCIS ST. VINCENT BARING,
6th LORD ASHBURTON, K.G., K.C.V.O.
A GERMAN PORCELAIN GOLD-MOUNTED CARTOUCHE-SHAPED SNUFF-BOX the Meissen cover painted with gallants and companions in the style of Watteau, in idyllic landscapes before monuments within a border of harbour scene panels between gilt scrollwork, the interior of the cover with Harlequin, Columbine and Scaramouche carousing before sepia trees, the base with gallants and companions in landscapes and the interior of the base richly gilt (hairline crack to back righthand corner of base and rubbing to enamels on the underside, very slight rubbing to gilding on cover), the cover circa 1745, the base German Porcelain and probably later
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A GERMAN PORCELAIN GOLD-MOUNTED CARTOUCHE-SHAPED SNUFF-BOX the Meissen cover painted with gallants and companions in the style of Watteau, in idyllic landscapes before monuments within a border of harbour scene panels between gilt scrollwork, the interior of the cover with Harlequin, Columbine and Scaramouche carousing before sepia trees, the base with gallants and companions in landscapes and the interior of the base richly gilt (hairline crack to back righthand corner of base and rubbing to enamels on the underside, very slight rubbing to gilding on cover), the cover circa 1745, the base German Porcelain and probably later
8.5cm. wide
8.5cm. wide