Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of Martin and Helene Schwalberg
Lot Closed
October 18, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Meissen Snuff-Box, Circa 1755
of rectangular form, painted with vignettes of Watteauesque figures in landscapes, the interior of the cover with a group of figures before a trellis arch and stone column, with a town in the distance, with gilt-metal mounts
width 3 1/8 in., 8 cm
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.