STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE ON THE LID BY PHILIPP ERNST SCHINDLER II (1723-1793), SIGNED 'WIENN' [SIC] (LOWER LEFT) AND 'SCHINDLER' (RIGHT)

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A LOUIS XV-STYLE ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX WITH ENAMEL PLAQUES
struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold, the enamel plaque on the lid by Philipp Ernst Schindler II (1723-1793), signed 'Wienn' [sic] (lower left) and 'Schindler' (right)
Rectangular box, the cover, side and base panels with translucent green enamel on an engine-turned radiating wavy sunburst motif, the cover centred by a horizontal elongated quatrefoil-shaped oval enamel plaque painted with a peasant family at lunch, in the manner of Teniers, the sides and base with shuttle-shaped similar later enamel plaques, the gold frames and cagework mounts stamped with scrolls, flowers, reeding and foliage, incorporated slightly raised thumbpiece, the inside gold-lined
3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Philipp Ernst Schindler II, the son of a porcelain painter of the same name at Meissen, worked himself at Meissen about 1740-1750. In 1750, he moved to Vienna and became director of painting at the Imperial porcelain factory in 1777. Schindler appears to have been allowed to work as an enameller for gold boxes from the 1760s. For further information on Schindler, see C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, no. 136, pp. 393-395.

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