A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX

THE MOUNTS PARIS 1750-56, THE ENAMEL BOX FROMERY WORKSHOP, BERLIN, CIRCA 1740-50

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A FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
The mounts Paris 1750-56, the enamel box Fromery workshop, Berlin, circa 1740-50
Cartouche-shaped, the cover applied with silver-gilt relief of figurers in landscape, the sides and base applied with birds and Chinese temples, fired with polychrome flowers and leaf garland, with reeded mounts, marked with discharge of Julien Berthe
3 1/8in. (79mm.) long
Provenance
Property of the Executors of the late THE RT. HON. ALEXANDER FRANCIS ST. VINCENT BARING, 6th LORD ASHBURTON, sold Christie's, Geneva, May 25-26, 1993, lot 21

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