ID 400062
Lot 101 | TWO SILVER-MOUNTED MENNECY PORCELAIN SNUFF-BOXES AND AN ETUI
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
A snuff-box modeled as an owl resting on a grassy mound, the cover molded and painted inside and out with flowering branches, circa 1753, the mounts with indistinct décharge possibly of Julien Berthe, Paris, 1750-56, 2 in. (5 cm.) wide
A snuff-box modeled as a hen and two chicks on a grassy mound, the cover painted inside and out with loose bouquets, circa 1760, the mounts with the maker's mark N.G.S. probably for Nicolas-Gabriel Saltret and décharge of Eloy Brichard, Paris, 1756-62, 17/8 in. (4.7 cm.) wide
An etui naturalistically modeled as a bunch of asparagus spears tied with brown string, the cover painted inside and out with loose bouquets, circa 1750, the mounts with indistinct marks, 41/4 in. (10.7 cm.) long
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