Live Auction 1162Centuries of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A GERMAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
Lot 292 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A GERMAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE

STRUCK WITH FRENCH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK IB, A KEY BETWEEN, THE CHARGE MARK OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST AND DATE LETTER A, THE MINIATURE BY FRANZ PETER KYMLI (GERMAN, 1748-1813)

Closed27 November 2013

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A GERMAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
STRUCK WITH FRENCH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK IB, A KEY BETWEEN, THE CHARGE MARK OF JEAN-JACQUES PREVOST AND DATE LETTER A, THE MINIATURE BY FRANZ PETER KYMLI (GERMAN, 1748-1813)
oval box, the sides and base engraved with a hunting dog and birds within swags, auricular scrolls and key pattern borders, the cover centred with a portrait miniature depicting Charles Theodor (1724-1799), Prince-Elector, Count Palatine and Duke of Bavaria, in uniform, wearing orders including the Order of the Golden Fleece, the sashes and breast-stars of the Bavarian Orders of St Hubert and St George, holding a jewelled cane and standing by a table with his Electoral crown
oil on card
3.3/8 in. (87 mm.) wide

Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1990, lot 29.

Specialist note

Charles Theodor became Elector Palatine in 1743 before succeeding to the Bavarian electorate in 1777. For a portrait of the sitter in a similar pose, see Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 May 1990, lot 6.