Lot Essay
For another similar snuff box painted with variant scenes in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam see Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18.Jahrhunderts, Fribourg, 1995, cat. no. 69.
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1750-1760
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A MEISSEN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED TREFOIL SNUFF BOX
1750-1760
Painted in sepia with scenes of gallants and companions based on paintings by Jean-Antoine Watteau, reserved within gilt surrounds on the white ground further gilt with herm masks above foliate scrolls, the interior of the cover with three maidens in a rose garden, other figures in the far landscape
2in. (5.1cm.) wide
1750-1760
Painted in sepia with scenes of gallants and companions based on paintings by Jean-Antoine Watteau, reserved within gilt surrounds on the white ground further gilt with herm masks above foliate scrolls, the interior of the cover with three maidens in a rose garden, other figures in the far landscape
2in. (5.1cm.) wide