Lot Essay
Cf. Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, op. cit. (1985), no. 387.
CIRCA 1745, THE MOUNTS WITH INDISTINCT DÉCHARGE, PARIS 1745
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A St. Cloud silver-mounted cartouche-shaped snuff-box
Circa 1745, the mounts with indistinct décharge, Paris 1745
Painted with trailing flowering branches, the cover and base moulded with a rococo shell and scroll cartouche containing an Oriental child playing a xylophone to two chickens and with two Orientals before a pagoda, the interior of the cover similarly enamelled with two Orientals before a pagoda
3½in. (9cm.) wide
Circa 1745, the mounts with indistinct décharge, Paris 1745
Painted with trailing flowering branches, the cover and base moulded with a rococo shell and scroll cartouche containing an Oriental child playing a xylophone to two chickens and with two Orientals before a pagoda, the interior of the cover similarly enamelled with two Orientals before a pagoda
3½in. (9cm.) wide