CIRCA 1728, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY

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A SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1728, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
With concave sides, a serpentine front and canted corners, painted with indianische Blumen, the cover interior with chinoiserie figures drinking from goblets and horn-shaped glasses, two in a pavilion, two at a table and another sitting on a barrel, the box interior richly gilt

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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

R.G. Vater Collection no. 201 (paper collection label attached to underside).

A Meissen snuff-box with an almost identical scene to the interior of the cover is illustrated by Sarah-Katherina Acevedo et al., Meissen Snuff Boxes of the Eighteenth Century, Munich, 2013, p. 151, cat. no. 21.

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