Lot 286
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A MENNECY SILVER-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX AS A CAT WITH KITTENS, the cat lying on a grey mound surrounded by her three offspring, all with pink, yellow and grey markings, the cover moulded and painted with flowers and the inside painted with sprays of flowers (cover broken across and repaired), décharge marks for Julien Berthe, circa 1750

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A MENNECY SILVER-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX AS A CAT WITH KITTENS, the cat lying on a grey mound surrounded by her three offspring, all with pink, yellow and grey markings, the cover moulded and painted with flowers and the inside painted with sprays of flowers (cover broken across and repaired), décharge marks for Julien Berthe, circa 1750
7.5cm. wide

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Cf. a white example without the third kitten from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 22 March 1991, lot 398 and another coloured example sold, Sotheby's, 21 May 1957, lot 128

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