A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SHAPED-RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

Lot 134
25.09.2024 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 4 032
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 134 | A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN SHAPED-RECTANGULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
With a slight projection at the front, painted in the manner of C.F. Herold, the cover with a Venetian scene within an elaborate quatrefoil gilt-scroll cartouche with Böttger-lustre panels and puce scrolls, the sides with four smaller Kauffahrtei vignettes in similar cartouches, the recessed underside with merchants at discussion on a shore within a footrim and radiating gilt stiff-leaves, the gilt cover interior reserved with a quatrefoil panel with a similar scene, the box interior richly gilt, the reeded mount with rococo-scroll thumbpiece
3 in. (7.8 cm.) wide overall
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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