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DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750
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A SAXON TWO-COLOUR GOLD CAGEWORK AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Dresden, circa 1750
Rectangular semi-translucent amethystine-quartz snuff-box with slight baluster sides, within wavy red gold mounts with incorporated raised thumbpiece, the slightly raised lid overlaid with a cagework of a scène champêtre chased, embossed and pierced in yellow gold, depicting a curious shepherd unwrapping a scarf from the breast of sleeping shepherdess, within a plethora of rococo scrolls, swags, trelliswork and rippling frills, the mauve base engraved with a diaper pattern carved at the intersections with quatrefoils, wavy flange
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
Dresden, circa 1750
Rectangular semi-translucent amethystine-quartz snuff-box with slight baluster sides, within wavy red gold mounts with incorporated raised thumbpiece, the slightly raised lid overlaid with a cagework of a scène champêtre chased, embossed and pierced in yellow gold, depicting a curious shepherd unwrapping a scarf from the breast of sleeping shepherdess, within a plethora of rococo scrolls, swags, trelliswork and rippling frills, the mauve base engraved with a diaper pattern carved at the intersections with quatrefoils, wavy flange
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
Provenance
Count Albéric du Chastel de la Howarderie (b. 1842), Château de la Havette, near Spa; (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 May 1985, lot 192 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-152).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-152).
Special notice
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