A SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1755, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY
The puce-scale ground enriched with gilt crosses and reserved with rococo panels, the panels painted with fruit and fungi and edged with flowered bright rocaille scrolls, the interior finely stippled with Leda And The Swan on a reeded riverbank with a russet drape hanging from a tree, the box interior richly gilt
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diameter overall
A SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1755, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY 19TH CENTURY
The puce-scale ground enriched with gilt crosses and reserved with rococo panels, the panels painted with fruit and fungi and edged with flowered bright rocaille scrolls, the interior finely stippled with Leda And The Swan on a reeded riverbank with a russet drape hanging from a tree, the box interior richly gilt
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diameter overall