Live Auction 20025The Collection of Mrs. Henry Ford II: Eaton Square and Turville Grange
A GROUP OF CONTINENTAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOXES AND COVERS
Lot 196

A GROUP OF CONTINENTAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOXES AND COVERS

MID-18TH CENTURY, THE FRENCH ENAMEL LARGE EXAMPLE 19TH CENTURY

Closed15 April 2021

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A GROUP OF CONTINENTAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOXES AND COVERS
MID-18TH CENTURY, THE FRENCH ENAMEL LARGE EXAMPLE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising: a circular French enamel snuff-box and cover, decorated with vignettes of figures in landscapes and flowers, reserved against a patterned purple ground; a German enamel example decorated with figures in gold foil, the cover with a shepherd in a polychrome landscape, the interior decorated to imitate stone; a canted rectangular enamel example, decorated with figures in riverscapes, the interior of the box applied with tooled gold foil, black-painted Ford Inv. No. to interior 3-74-f, and a French enamel large snuff-box, decorated with ladies and commedia del'arte figures in parkland, black-painted Ford Inv. No. to interior LF-11
The circular French example 2 ¼ in. (6 cm.) diameter

The French circular example: Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 285.
The German enamel example: Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 288.
The canted rectangular example: Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 283.