A rare Nymphenburg gold-mounted double snuffbox and covers circa 1750

of flattened barrel-form, molded around the exterior with with scrolling flower sprays between gilt and sepia bands, each cover molded with either a stag or a boar hunting scene and the interior of each box painted with a faux bois ground.

The Collection of Mrs. Alan L Corey, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., December 5, 1974, lot 98

There is a minor fine 1-in. haircrack extending downwards from the rim of one box the front side; the other box has two minor firing cracks to either end of the oval rim; some minor rubbing to the gilt bands and a minor patch of wear to the glaze on either flattened side.
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A similar double snuffbox is illustrated by Friedrich H. Hofman, Geschichte der Bayerischen Porzellam-Manufactur Nymphenburg, Vol. III, p. 460, fig. 365.