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CIRCA 1765
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE ENAMEL GILT-METAL-MOUNTED DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1765
The blue-ground exterior with white scrolls, flowers and insects, reserved on each facet and cover with a wooded landscape vignette, the interior with two half-length Royal portraits, one of Frederick The Great of Prussia, the other of a Queen or Princess, each in ermine robes (each end with a restored chip adjacent to the mount with associated cracks, underside worn, further slight cracks to interior)
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) wide overall
CIRCA 1765
The blue-ground exterior with white scrolls, flowers and insects, reserved on each facet and cover with a wooded landscape vignette, the interior with two half-length Royal portraits, one of Frederick The Great of Prussia, the other of a Queen or Princess, each in ermine robes (each end with a restored chip adjacent to the mount with associated cracks, underside worn, further slight cracks to interior)
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) wide overall
Provenance
With Koeppe, from whom it was purchased in 1954.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.