A TREASURY OF VERTU: Important Gold Boxes from a Private Family Collection
A TREASURY OF VERTU: Important Gold Boxes from a Private Family Collection
A gold and enamel snuff box, Frantz Bergs, Stockholm, probably circa 1730
Auction Closed
December 10, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A gold and enamel snuff box, Frantz Bergs, Stockholm, probably circa 1730
of compressed cartouche form, elaborately chased, after the designs of Meissonnier, with rococo shells and trailing flowers, on the lid the reclining figure of Juno with her peacock by a fountain, the ground enamelled in translucent green, base struck only with maker's mark and: 21K,
8.1cm., 3 1/4 in. wide
The collection of Mrs R. Saunders; sale, Sotheby's, 1 June 1970, lot 155