PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760
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AN EROTIC PRUSSIAN ROCOCO GILT-METAL MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
probably Berlin, circa 1760
Rectangular white enamel on copper box, the slightly domed cover painted with a conversation galante, the four side walls with Watteau-esque figures, the base with a rose, the inside of the lid with a monk riding on horseback on a crouching Rococo-lady and lifting her skirt in order to give her a wild spanking, reeded gilt-metal mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
probably Berlin, circa 1760
Rectangular white enamel on copper box, the slightly domed cover painted with a conversation galante, the four side walls with Watteau-esque figures, the base with a rose, the inside of the lid with a monk riding on horseback on a crouching Rococo-lady and lifting her skirt in order to give her a wild spanking, reeded gilt-metal mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
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