Lot Essay
For a similarly mounted and engraved German mother-of-pearl boîte-à-deux-tabacs, of circa 1740-50, see C. Le Corbeiller, European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830, London, 1966, no. 246.
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PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893, WITH ANOTHER ERASED MARK
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A GERMAN ROCOCO MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND GOLD BOÎTE-À-DEUX-TABACS
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893, WITH ANOTHER ERASED MARK
Rectangular gold-lined box with two compartments and hinged covers, all sides inlaid with mother-of-pearl panels, those on lids and sides carved and engraved with fountains and applied with gold reliefs embossed, chased and engraved with Neptune and Amphitrite reclining against a rocaille ground with a staircase and fountain, the front and rear sides with mirrored birds perched on scrolls drinking from a fountain, the right and left sides with mirrored dolphins drinking from a cascade, chased gold cagework mounts, raised incorporated scrolling double-thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893, WITH ANOTHER ERASED MARK
Rectangular gold-lined box with two compartments and hinged covers, all sides inlaid with mother-of-pearl panels, those on lids and sides carved and engraved with fountains and applied with gold reliefs embossed, chased and engraved with Neptune and Amphitrite reclining against a rocaille ground with a staircase and fountain, the front and rear sides with mirrored birds perched on scrolls drinking from a fountain, the right and left sides with mirrored dolphins drinking from a cascade, chased gold cagework mounts, raised incorporated scrolling double-thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
Provenance
Reputed to have been in the collection of the King of Hanover.
Christie's, Geneva, 16 May 1984, lot 576.
Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 99.
Christie's, Geneva, 16 May 1984, lot 576.
Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1995, lot 99.
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