Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
Lot 12

A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX

THE ENAMELS CIRCA 1780, WITH LATER GOLD MOUNTS CIRCA 1840, STAMPED ON THE FLANGE 562, WITH LATER UNIDENTIFIED CONTROL MARK

Closed16 December 2021

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A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
THE ENAMELS CIRCA 1780, WITH LATER GOLD MOUNTS CIRCA 1840, STAMPED ON THE FLANGE 562, WITH LATER UNIDENTIFIED CONTROL MARK
Rectangular box with boldly chased foliate mounts, the cover with a sleeping Diana and her attendants in a forest observed by Bacchus after François Boucher, the sides and base with playful putti
3 3⁄8 in. (85 mm.) wide

Christie's, Geneva, Anonymous sale,19 and 21 November 1979, lot 198.
Sotheby's, New York, 13-15 October 1981, lot 863.