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CIRCA 1755/60, POSSIBLY FURSTENBERG OR MEISSEN
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A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOX
Circa 1755/60, possibly Furstenberg or Meissen
The top four sides and bottom painted with scenes of a traveller and his family within purple and yellow rocaille-molded cartouches and surrounded by scattered flowers, the interior of the cover with a soldier taking leave of his family, the mounts chased with flowers and shells
1 5/8 x 3¼ x 2 3/8 in. (4.2 x 8.2 x 6 cm.)
Circa 1755/60, possibly Furstenberg or Meissen
The top four sides and bottom painted with scenes of a traveller and his family within purple and yellow rocaille-molded cartouches and surrounded by scattered flowers, the interior of the cover with a soldier taking leave of his family, the mounts chased with flowers and shells
1 5/8 x 3¼ x 2 3/8 in. (4.2 x 8.2 x 6 cm.)