Lot Essay
See back cover for an illustration of the interior and sides.
CIRCA 1740, PAINTED BY C.F. HEROLDT
Details
A GILT-COPPER MOUNTED MEISSEN CARTOUCHE-SHAPED SNUFF-BOX
Circa 1740, painted by C.F. Heroldt
The cover and its interior finely painted with fashionable figures in Venice, the top within a border of gilt arabesques and four small oval panels painted in Purpurmalerei, the sides with shaped cartouches enclosing typical European harbor scenes, the bottom in Purpurmalerei with a similar scene of merchants at the quayside, the interior of the box gilt
2.7/8in. (7.3cm.) wide
Circa 1740, painted by C.F. Heroldt
The cover and its interior finely painted with fashionable figures in Venice, the top within a border of gilt arabesques and four small oval panels painted in Purpurmalerei, the sides with shaped cartouches enclosing typical European harbor scenes, the bottom in Purpurmalerei with a similar scene of merchants at the quayside, the interior of the box gilt
2.7/8in. (7.3cm.) wide
Provenance
List Collection, Magdeburg; Hans W. Lange, Berlin, 28-30 March, 1939, lot 483, Tafel 44 (400 gold marks)