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CIRCA 1750, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
Details
A Meissen copper-gilt mounted double-compartment snuff-box
Circa 1750, the mounts contemporary
Of flattened elongated oval form, each end with a hinged cover, the sides finely painted with finely dressed figures before views of Dresden within scroll-moulded shaped rectangular cartouches, the covers with figures promenading and hawking in river-landscapes with castles, the interior of one cover with figures by a statue before a distant city, the interior of the other cover with a blackamoor seated on cargo with two merchants at discussion nearby before a distant palace with formal gardens below (one cover cracked and restored)
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) wide
Circa 1750, the mounts contemporary
Of flattened elongated oval form, each end with a hinged cover, the sides finely painted with finely dressed figures before views of Dresden within scroll-moulded shaped rectangular cartouches, the covers with figures promenading and hawking in river-landscapes with castles, the interior of one cover with figures by a statue before a distant city, the interior of the other cover with a blackamoor seated on cargo with two merchants at discussion nearby before a distant palace with formal gardens below (one cover cracked and restored)
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) wide
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium