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CIRCA 1757
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A GERMAN GILT BRASS-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1757
Decorated overall with trompe l'oeuil scenes and inscriptions, the inside of the lid depicting King Frederick the Great
9 cm. wide
Together with a German gilt brass-mounted enamel snuff-box, circa 1756, the lid decorated with sheet music and text; the base with a trompe l'oeil decoration and date 1756 - 9 cm. wide; and an English gilt brass-mounted enamel snuff-box, Battersea or Staffordshire, second half 18th Century, the lid decorated with the myth of Perseus and Andromeda - 7.5 cm. (3)
CIRCA 1757
Decorated overall with trompe l'oeuil scenes and inscriptions, the inside of the lid depicting King Frederick the Great
9 cm. wide
Together with a German gilt brass-mounted enamel snuff-box, circa 1756, the lid decorated with sheet music and text; the base with a trompe l'oeil decoration and date 1756 - 9 cm. wide; and an English gilt brass-mounted enamel snuff-box, Battersea or Staffordshire, second half 18th Century, the lid decorated with the myth of Perseus and Andromeda - 7.5 cm. (3)
Literature
Part of this lot is illustrated in G.A. Brongers, Nicotania Tabacum, Haarlem, 1964, p. 158 and in G.A. Brongers, Van gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp, Amerongen, 1978, p. 102
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Judith Herngreen
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