Lot Essay
The subject of the portrait medallion is Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780), Empress consort of Francis I, and after 1765 dowager Empress, sharing the throne with her son Joseph I
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PROBABLY TOURNAI, CIRCA 1765
Details
A CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOX*
Probably Tournai, circa 1765
Oval, the soft-paste porcelain body with gilt relief decoration against an underglaze blue ground, the cover with a bisque relief portrait medallion inscribed "MARIA THERESIA AUGUSTA", with two-color gold hinged mounts, the interior painted with a polychrome flowerbasket, apparently unmarked
3in. (7.5cm.) long
Probably Tournai, circa 1765
Oval, the soft-paste porcelain body with gilt relief decoration against an underglaze blue ground, the cover with a bisque relief portrait medallion inscribed "MARIA THERESIA AUGUSTA", with two-color gold hinged mounts, the interior painted with a polychrome flowerbasket, apparently unmarked
3in. (7.5cm.) long
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.