Lot Essay
Errol Manners identified that the majority of the decoration on the cover has been adapted from an engraving by or after Bloemaert (1564-1651) published by C.J. Visscher.
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CIRCA 1735
Details
A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1735
Of compressed form, painted in Schwarzlot, the box with a continuous wooded landscape with a woodsmen, one resting by his dog, the shallow domed cover with a figure fishing and another sewing seeds in a river landscape around a faceted knop finial, gilt line borders (minute wear to gilding, upper rim of box with a shallow polished rim chip, interior with four stained firing cracks)
5 in. (12.8 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1735
Of compressed form, painted in Schwarzlot, the box with a continuous wooded landscape with a woodsmen, one resting by his dog, the shallow domed cover with a figure fishing and another sewing seeds in a river landscape around a faceted knop finial, gilt line borders (minute wear to gilding, upper rim of box with a shallow polished rim chip, interior with four stained firing cracks)
5 in. (12.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
With E. & H. Manners, London, 2000
Brought to you by
Tom Johans