A Meissen porcelain oval snuff box with 14K gold mount, circa 1750-60
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June 25, 12:17 PM GMT
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2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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600 EUR
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Description
the box moulded in low-relief with architectural scrollwork entwined with flowering vine, enclosing panels of figures in landscapes, the lid exterior with a scene of a mother and child with a sheep, the interior lid painted with a large panel of a couple sat beneath an obelisk, with gold mount
together with a German porcelain rectangular basket-weave moulded snuff box, probably Meissen, painted with small flower sprays and sprigs, with gold mount chased with rocailles
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Widths 3 ⅛ in; 8 cm and 3 ⅜ in; 8.3 cm
The oval box:
A Bavarian private collection, Van Ham Cologne, 17 May 2023, lot 1034;
Acquired at the above sale.
A further snuff box similar to the oval example was in the collection of Alfred Joseph, illustrated in Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porcelain Boxes of the 18th Century, Munich, 1985, cat. no. 167. By descent, it entered the Helmut Joseph collection and later sold at Bonhams, London, 5 July 2011, lot 20.
