Lot Essay
The same subject in a more elaborate setting appears on the interior of a Masonic box illustrated by Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, op. cit. (1985), p. 136, no. 101.
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO INTERIOR OF BACK PANEL
Details
A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark to interior of back panel
Each facet painted with Holzschnitt Blumen and ombrierte insects within pale coloured scroll-moulded rococo cartouches, the interior of the cover with five Freemasons performing a ritual ceremony of initiation, the reeded gold mounts with shell and scroll thumbpiece (minute rubbing in places to enamels of cartouches of base and cover)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark to interior of back panel
Each facet painted with Holzschnitt Blumen and ombrierte insects within pale coloured scroll-moulded rococo cartouches, the interior of the cover with five Freemasons performing a ritual ceremony of initiation, the reeded gold mounts with shell and scroll thumbpiece (minute rubbing in places to enamels of cartouches of base and cover)
2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide