MEISSEN SNUFF-BOXES AND GALANTERIE
A Meissen silver-gilt mounted bombée chinoiserie snuff-box
CIRCA 1735
Details
A Meissen silver-gilt mounted bombée chinoiserie snuff-box
Circa 1735
The cover and sides painted with Orientals at various pursuits by furniture and shrubs on Gitterwerk supports reserved with quatrefoil cartouches of puce harbour scenes, the base with a puce quayside scene, the interior of the cover with three nude ladies amidst bullrushes overlooked by three other figures standing on a jetty, the base richly gilt, the mount with shell and scroll thumbpiece (slight rubbing to enamels of base)
2 5/8in. (6.5cm.) wide
Circa 1735
The cover and sides painted with Orientals at various pursuits by furniture and shrubs on Gitterwerk supports reserved with quatrefoil cartouches of puce harbour scenes, the base with a puce quayside scene, the interior of the cover with three nude ladies amidst bullrushes overlooked by three other figures standing on a jetty, the base richly gilt, the mount with shell and scroll thumbpiece (slight rubbing to enamels of base)
2 5/8in. (6.5cm.) wide