Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A GOLD-MOUNTED HÖCHST PORCELAIN OVAL SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
Lot 159

A GOLD-MOUNTED HÖCHST PORCELAIN OVAL SNUFF-BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1775, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY

Closed16 December 2021

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GBP 3,500

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A GOLD-MOUNTED HÖCHST PORCELAIN OVAL SNUFF-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1775, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
Probably painted by J.H. Usinger, the exterior with vignettes of figures on foot and on horseback by encampments and in park landscapes, the interior with figures with horses by a fountain and parkland temple
3 5⁄8 in. (9.2 cm.) wide overall

Specialist note


A similar box, with a JHU signature, is illustrated by Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine, des manufactures européennes au 18e siècle, Fribourg, 1985, p. 281, no. 228. Johann Heinrich Usinger (1745-1813) worked at Höchst between 1775 and 1784.