A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX
A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX

MEISSEN, CIRCA 1755, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY CONTEMPORARY

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A GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX
MEISSEN, CIRCA 1755, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY CONTEMPORARY
rectangular box of bombé form, painted to the exterior with bouquets of fruit and flowers within puce scale-pattern borders and iron-red, yellow and puce scroll cartouches, on basket-moulded ground, the interior of the cover with travellers before a river, rockwork and cottages, the hinged mount chased with scrolls and flowerheads
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide

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