Live Auction 1987Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics, Carpets, And Glass
A SILVER-MOUNTED SAINT-CLOUD CHINOISERIE SNUFF BOX AND COVER
Lot 165PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARJORY AND VICTOR HANSEN

A SILVER-MOUNTED SAINT-CLOUD CHINOISERIE SNUFF BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1740, THE MOUNTS WITH PARIS DESCHARGE MARK FOR LOUIS ROBIN, 1738-1744

Closed20 May 2008

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A SILVER-MOUNTED SAINT-CLOUD CHINOISERIE SNUFF BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1740, THE MOUNTS WITH PARIS DESCHARGE MARK FOR LOUIS ROBIN, 1738-1744
Modeled as a recumbent cat with black and brown markings and bright green eyes, the interior and exterior of the hinged bottom painted with Chinoiserie vignettes
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long

Specialist note

For a similar box in the collection of Le musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, typical of the snuff boxes in the form of a variety of animals produced at the factory circa 1730-1740, see Bertrand Randot, ed., Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory, ca. 1690-1766, New Haven, 1999, p. 239, no. 198.