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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1750
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A small rectangular gilt snuff box and a grisaille painted porcelaine metal-gilt snuff box
Apparently unmarked, circa 1750
The first with waisted sides and decorated with scrolls and shells against stippled ground, the cover with mythological figures flanked by scrolling foliage, with double cover; and a larger rectangular-shaped and waisted snuff box, the cover set with a porcelaine painted plaque, depicting ships at a river with wooded landscape and figures at the right, the inside with a scene of pilgrims, the mounts decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerbaskets, with shaped thumb-piece
8cm. (3.1/8in.) wide (2)
Apparently unmarked, circa 1750
The first with waisted sides and decorated with scrolls and shells against stippled ground, the cover with mythological figures flanked by scrolling foliage, with double cover; and a larger rectangular-shaped and waisted snuff box, the cover set with a porcelaine painted plaque, depicting ships at a river with wooded landscape and figures at the right, the inside with a scene of pilgrims, the mounts decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerbaskets, with shaped thumb-piece
8cm. (3.1/8in.) wide (2)