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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1720, GILT AT AUGSBURG, PROBABLY IN THE WORKSHOP OF ABRAHAM SEUTER; THE GOLD MOUNT CONTEMPORARY WITH THE BOX
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A GOLD-MOUNTED MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN SNUFF BOX
Circa 1720, gilt at Augsburg, probably in the workshop of Abraham Seuter; the gold mount contemporary with the box
The cover gilt and chased with Chinese figures beside palm trees flanking a crowned monogram, possibly DMC, the sides reserved with flower sprays on the gold ground, the bottom with chinoiserie figures on a strapwork bracket, the interior of the cover gilt and chased with a lady seated at a table playing with a squirrel and with attendants at the right, one holding a parasol, the interior of the box gilt, the thumbrest chased with foliate scrolls centering a shell
2¾in. (7cm.) long
Circa 1720, gilt at Augsburg, probably in the workshop of Abraham Seuter; the gold mount contemporary with the box
The cover gilt and chased with Chinese figures beside palm trees flanking a crowned monogram, possibly DMC, the sides reserved with flower sprays on the gold ground, the bottom with chinoiserie figures on a strapwork bracket, the interior of the cover gilt and chased with a lady seated at a table playing with a squirrel and with attendants at the right, one holding a parasol, the interior of the box gilt, the thumbrest chased with foliate scrolls centering a shell
2¾in. (7cm.) long