Lot 461
  • 461

A MEISSEN SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED OVAL SNUFF-BOX AND COVER, CIRCA 1755 | PORTRAIT OF THE THREE CHILDREN OF FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN PRINCE-ELECTOR OF SAXONY WITH DOVE AND A VEDUTA

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 6.8cm ., 2 3/4 in. wide
shell-moulded, enriched in gilding and lustre, the interior of the cover painted with a triple portrait, two of the sitters identified as Prince Louis Charles de Bourbon and his sister Princess Marie Zephirine de Bourbon, below a bird in a draped interior, the underside painted in purpurmalerei with buildings in landscape, the interior of the box richly gilt, the hinged mounts with scrolling foliate thumbpiece inset with precious stones  

Provenance

Galerie Stuker, Bern, November 1978, lot 200

Condition

The porcelain on the base around the puce monochrome cartouche is quite worn. The lustre sections are quite uneven. Some general light flaking to the gilding, in particular to the edge of the foot. The jewel adorned thumb-piece appears to be an addition.
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