A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box and cover

CIRCA 1745, GILT V TO INTERIOR OF COVER

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A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box and cover
Circa 1745, gilt V to interior of cover
The exterior moulded with linked loop pattern and painted with scattered Holzschnitt Blumen including rose, lily, carnation and chrysanthemum, the interior to the cover painted with Harlequin, Scaramouche and Columbine from the Commedia dell'Arte, playing musical instruments in a finely stippled landscape, the interior to the base entirely gilt
3in. (7.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Italian Comedy figures of this type are derived from engravings by Ravenet after Pater.

Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 9 May 1983, lot 96.

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