A MEISSEN SNUFF-BOX COVER AND A MEISSEN OVAL PLAQUETTE
A MEISSEN SNUFF-BOX COVER AND A MEISSEN OVAL PLAQUETTE

CIRCA 1750

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A MEISSEN SNUFF-BOX COVER AND A MEISSEN OVAL PLAQUETTE
CIRCA 1750
The snuff-box cover top painted after Watteau with a gallant and companion, the other side with 'Le Baiser Donné' after J.B. Pater; the oval plaque cut down from a snuff-box cover, painted on one side with a Chinoiserie vignette and on the other with a harbor scene; together with a small bowl painted with similar harbor scenes in gilt strapwork cartouches
2 x 3 in. (5.1 cm. x 7.6 cm.), the snuff-box cover within its frame; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) diameter, the bowl (3)

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