Lot Essay
The scenes are probably slight adaptions of the view of Albrechtsburg and Meissen.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1750-55
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A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1750-55
The sides, cover and base painted with turreted buildings and extensive wooded river landscapes, within scroll-moulded cartouches lightly enriched in enamels, the interior with a similar turreted building in a mountainous river landscape with an urn and ruin in the foreground, the hinged cover chased with rose-sprays and scrolls on a reeded ground (filled chip at back left top corner of base)
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1750-55
The sides, cover and base painted with turreted buildings and extensive wooded river landscapes, within scroll-moulded cartouches lightly enriched in enamels, the interior with a similar turreted building in a mountainous river landscape with an urn and ruin in the foreground, the hinged cover chased with rose-sprays and scrolls on a reeded ground (filled chip at back left top corner of base)
3½ in. (8.8 cm.) wide
Brought to you by
Emma Durkin
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