Lot Essay
Cf. the example from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection sold in our New York Rooms, 22 March 1991, lot 397
Details
A MENNECY SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED OVAL SNUFF-BOX
Circa 1750, the mount with Paris décharge for 1750-55
Modelled as a sportswoman in blue jacket, pink skirt and yellow hat reclining against a tree-stump holding dead game and with a dog lying curled at her side, on a grassy mound with a border of scattered flowers, the moulded cover and the interior painted with flowers (restoration to her hat and cover, extended crack to base and hairline crack to her waist, slight chipping)
2 7/8in. (7.5cm.) wide
Circa 1750, the mount with Paris décharge for 1750-55
Modelled as a sportswoman in blue jacket, pink skirt and yellow hat reclining against a tree-stump holding dead game and with a dog lying curled at her side, on a grassy mound with a border of scattered flowers, the moulded cover and the interior painted with flowers (restoration to her hat and cover, extended crack to base and hairline crack to her waist, slight chipping)
2 7/8in. (7.5cm.) wide