Lot Essay
Cf. Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, op. cit. (1985), p. 226, no. 181 for a box of the same form in the collection of M. and M<->me Gerald Panchaud.
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CIRCA 1750, THE CONTEMPORARY MOUNTS WITH LATER 19TH CENTURY CONTROL MARK
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A Meissen gold-mounted snuff-box in the form of a mouse
Circa 1750, the contemporary mounts with later 19th Century control mark
Naturally modelled with its tail curled up over its left hind leg, with a white coat and pale-pink ears, nose, mouth and claws, resting on a pale-yellow oval mound with indianische Blumen, the cover with flower-sprays and a loose bouquet, the interior of the cover with mice crawling all over eggs resting in hay, the interior richly gilt (slight wear to enamels of cover exterior)
2.5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
Circa 1750, the contemporary mounts with later 19th Century control mark
Naturally modelled with its tail curled up over its left hind leg, with a white coat and pale-pink ears, nose, mouth and claws, resting on a pale-yellow oval mound with indianische Blumen, the cover with flower-sprays and a loose bouquet, the interior of the cover with mice crawling all over eggs resting in hay, the interior richly gilt (slight wear to enamels of cover exterior)
2.5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long