A Meissen gilt-metal-mounted snuffbox
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A Meissen gilt-metal-mounted snuffbox

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A Meissen gilt-metal-mounted snuffbox
naturalistically modelled as a pug, recumbent on a grassy mound, with a puce and gilt collar painted with scrolls, with replacement hinged mounts, the cover replaced with a hard stone panel, circa 1750 (some rubbing to the extremities, some minute chips to ears) -- 8cm. wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Cf. A. Somers Cocks and C. Truman, Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objects de Vertu (1984), p. 270.