Lot Essay
For another similar in form and molding in the collection of the Kinstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, see Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18.Jahthunderts, Munich, 1985, p. 196, cat. no. 151.
CIRCA 1750-1760, FROM A MODEL BY J. J. KÄNDLER OF 1742
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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1750-1760, from a model by J. J. Kändler of 1742
Of bombé rectangular form, the top molded with the portrait of Emperor Augustus centering a trophy emblematic of War, the sides with similar trophies, the interior of the cover painted with soldiers and a camp follower in a landscape
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high; 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1750-1760, from a model by J. J. Kändler of 1742
Of bombé rectangular form, the top molded with the portrait of Emperor Augustus centering a trophy emblematic of War, the sides with similar trophies, the interior of the cover painted with soldiers and a camp follower in a landscape
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high; 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide
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