A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

Lot 59
25.09.2024 11:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 100
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1296020
Lot 59 | A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
With a domed cover and domed base, spirally-moulded with scale and line ornament radiating from central circular panels, the cover interior painted with Harlequin from the Commedia dell’Arte with his arm around a young woman, possibly Mezzetin and an old man, possibly Pantalone from the Commedia dell’Arte, looking on, the trees and sky behind them rendered in sepia, the edge of the scene gilt with zo (?) at 10 o’clock, the box interior richly gilt, the mount chased with scrolling foliage and with a foliate-scroll thumbpiece

33/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diameter overall
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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