19TH CENTURY
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A SILVERED-METAL MOUNTED CONTINENTAL SHELL-SHAPED SNUFF-BOX
19th century
Modelled and painted in the Meissen style, the cover with a pug recumbent on a shaped panel painted with European harbor scenes, the sides with a continuous band of figures in rural landscapes, the bottom and interior with flower sprays, the interior of the cover finely painted with couples resting from a mountain walk beside a lake
2¾in. (7cm.) wide
19th century
Modelled and painted in the Meissen style, the cover with a pug recumbent on a shaped panel painted with European harbor scenes, the sides with a continuous band of figures in rural landscapes, the bottom and interior with flower sprays, the interior of the cover finely painted with couples resting from a mountain walk beside a lake
2¾in. (7cm.) wide