PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1775-1780, POSSIBLY LUDWIGSBURG OR FRANKENTHAL, THE MOUNT OF LATER DATE

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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1775-1780, POSSIBLY LUDWIGSBURG OR FRANKENTHAL, THE MOUNT OF LATER DATE
The exterior cover and sides painted with fowl in landscape vignettes within a green diaper-pattern border edged with colorful rocaille scrolls, the interior of the cover with four similar birds on an earthy mound, a village in the background, red-painted inventory number '766' to the interior
2 in. (5 cm.) high; 3½ in. (9 cm.) wide; 2¾ in. (7 cm.) deep

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Casey Rogers
Casey Rogers

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See Peter Lahnstein and Mechthild Landenberger, Das Ludwigsburger Porzellan aus seine Zeit, 1980, p. 93 for an engraving of Hausgeflügel or domestic birds by G. Fr. Riedel for use on porcelain, the birds very similar in spirit to those on the present box.