Lot 146
146
A PRUSSIAN ROCOCO SILVER-MOUNTED CARTOGRAPHICAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
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A PRUSSIAN ROCOCO SILVER-MOUNTED CARTOGRAPHICAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX

BERLIN, 1760, THE SILVER MOUNTS WITH INDISTINCT MARKS

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A PRUSSIAN ROCOCO SILVER-MOUNTED CARTOGRAPHICAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
Berlin, 1760, the silver mounts with indistinct marks
Rectangular white enamel on copper box, the slightly domed cover painted with a military map of Berlin and its suburbs showing the siege of Berlin by the Russians and Austrians during the Seven Years' War, in 1760, the sides painted with plundering Russian soldiers, the base with a scroll inscribed with the calendar of the events in Berlin between 3 and 13 October 1760, the wavy silver mounts and incorporated slightly raised thumbpiece engraved with reeded c-scrolls and flowers, wavy flange, the inside of the cover painted in sepia with the Royal Prussian Arsenal in Berlin plundered by the Russians on 20 October 1760
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Provenance
From the personal collection of Mr Wolffenberger, Berlin (former owner of the auction house Rudolph Lepke, Berlin).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

An almost identical enamel snuff-box was in the collection of Baron Hugo von Mecklenburg auf Panlitz, sold Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 3-6 October 1916, lot 268 and another one was sold Christie's, Geneva, 26 April 1977, lot 215.

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