A PAINTED LACQUER SNUFF BOX, FRENCH, PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY

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January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN

A PAINTED LACQUER SNUFF BOX, FRENCH, PROBABLY LATE 18^TH CENTURY

Circular, the lid inset with a miniature of a wooded landscape with figures, attributed to Carl Ludwig Hackert, in a gold bezel, apparently unmarked; together with a gold-mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, the lid inset with a miniature of the chapel of William Tell, Swiss School, early 19th century, apparently unmarked

7.3cm., 2⅞in. wide; 8.6cm., 3⅜in. wide

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Carl Ludwig Hackert (1740–1796) was the younger brother of the more famous artist and friend of Goethe, Jakob Philipp Hackert (1737–1807). Carl, like his brother Jakob, painted Italian topography, however, he is more noted for his views of Switzerland.