CIRCA 1760
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A Frstenberg gold-mounted oval portrait snuff-box
Circa 1760
The exterior painted with lovers in landscape vignettes after Watteau within scroll and foliage-moulded cartouches, the interior of the cover with a portrait of the goldsmith J.M. Dinglinger seated on a high-backed chair in an ermine-lined red coat and hat, holding a jewelled nef, (ground footrim chip at front, slight flaking to enamels of sides)
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide
Circa 1760
The exterior painted with lovers in landscape vignettes after Watteau within scroll and foliage-moulded cartouches, the interior of the cover with a portrait of the goldsmith J.M. Dinglinger seated on a high-backed chair in an ermine-lined red coat and hat, holding a jewelled nef, (ground footrim chip at front, slight flaking to enamels of sides)
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) wide