Sale 3730
New York
|
20 May 2015
Price realised
USD 18,750
Estimate
A GEORGE II GOLD SNUFF BOX MARK OF JACOB NEALE, LONDON, 1736 Cartouche-form, the cover boldly chased, matted and burnished with a scene of the Judgment of Hercules within a border of rocaille, with molded sides, marked inside base and on bezel 3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie’s London, 25 June 1968, lot 143 An Iberian Private Collection, Christie’s London, 8 December 2011, lot 157
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The chased scene on this box is based on an engraving by Simon Gribelin after Paolo de Matteis, published in Anthony, Earl of Shaftsbury, Characteristics, 3rd ed., London, 1723.
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