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An identical box, from the Solvay Bequest, is in the Musées d'Art et d'Histoire du Cinquantenaire, Brussels.
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A LOUIS XV SILVER-GILT MOUNTED MENNECY PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1750, THE MOUNTS WITH RUBBED FRENCH MARKS
Rectangular soft-paste porcelain box with curved sides, moulded all over with an osier pattern, imitating the form of a chest-of-drawers and painted with handles and flowersprays, the inside of cover and base also painted with flowers, reeded silver-gilt mounts
71mm. (2¾in.) wide
CIRCA 1750, THE MOUNTS WITH RUBBED FRENCH MARKS
Rectangular soft-paste porcelain box with curved sides, moulded all over with an osier pattern, imitating the form of a chest-of-drawers and painted with handles and flowersprays, the inside of cover and base also painted with flowers, reeded silver-gilt mounts
71mm. (2¾in.) wide