THE PORCELAIN POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION POST 1802

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.