A GILT-METAL MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

THE PORCELAIN POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION POST 1802

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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
THE PORCELAIN POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION POST 1802
Of lobed demi-lune inverted conical form, the front, back, cover and bottom painted in the style of B.G. Häuer with miners at various activities, the interior of the cover with two miners supporting the arms of Saxony and Poland, the mount chased with a flowering vine trailing around a striated ribbon
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; 3½ in. (6.5 cm.) wide

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Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 June 1999, lot 137 (as Meissen circa 1760).

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For examples of Meissen painted with scenes depicting Saxon miners, see D. Fabian, Meissener Porzellan mit Bergmannsmotiven im 18.Jahrhundert, Bad Neustadt/Saale 1999; R. Slotta et al., Ein fein bergmannig Porcelan Abbilder vom Bergbau in 'weissem Gold', exhibition catalogue, Porzellansammlung in Dresdner Zwinger, 28 February - 23 May 1999 for other snuff boxes similarly decorated with mining scenes; also The Property of a Gentleman, Christie's, London, 8 November 1999, lot 295 for a gilt-metal mounted trefoil box painted with scenes similar to those on the present example.