Lot Essay
The enamels on the cover and base are after engravings by J. P. Le Bas of Fêtes Flamandes by David Teniers the Younger, and the scenes around the walls after Wouvermans.
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A LOUIS XV STYLE ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GERMAN
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base inset with rectangular enamel plaques with cut corners depicting dancing peasants and soldiers on horseback, the cagework gold mounts chased and engraved with scrolling foliage and shells on a striated ground
74 mm. wide
PROBABLY GERMAN
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base inset with rectangular enamel plaques with cut corners depicting dancing peasants and soldiers on horseback, the cagework gold mounts chased and engraved with scrolling foliage and shells on a striated ground
74 mm. wide