A German porcelain silver-mounted bonbonere and hinged cover
A German porcelain silver-mounted bonbonere and hinged cover

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A German porcelain silver-mounted bonbonere and hinged cover
naturalistically modelled as the head of a rough coat hound and painted in shades of pale-brown with gilt interior, the cover painted with two figures of huntsmen resting with a horse and hound beneath a spreading tree, the interior painted with domestic fowl, the mounts with German assay marks, 19th century (some minor rubbing to gilding) -- 7cm. wide
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