Lot 45
45
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1745-1750, THE GILDING PROBABLY OF LATER DATE

Details
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1745-1750, THE GILDING PROBABLY OF LATER DATE
Of bombé rectangular form, the top molded with Venus reclining in a chariot pulled by doves and attended by Cupid and other putti, the sides and bottom molded with other amorous mythological scenes, the interior stipple-painted with Ceres and putti in clouds
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high; 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Estate of Giuseppe Rossi; Sotheby's, London, 12 March 1999, lot 375.
Sale room notice
Cf. Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18.Jahrhunderts, no. 152.

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Lot Essay

See Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18.Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1985, p. 197, no. 152 for another similarly molded but decorated in the reverse, the ground enriched in gilt, the molded decoration left in the white.

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