Fabergé, Gold Boxes & Objets de Luxe

Fabergé, Gold Boxes & Objets de Luxe

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Property of a private European collection

A gold and porcelain snuff box, late 18th century and later

Lot Closed

November 15, 01:50 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

A gold and porcelain snuff box, late 18th century and later


rectangular with cut corners, the porcelain panels mounted à cage in stamped borders, the lid and base painted with a fête galante in rural landscape, the sides painted with villagers such as a wanderer and an equestrian before rustic architectural elements, French prestige marks

6 cm., 2⅜in. wide

Ulrich Pietsch, Preziosen einer süddeutschen Kunstsammlung, Hirmer, Munich, 2001, p. 126