
Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Live auction begins on:
June 17, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Bid
2,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
Comprising:
a Continental porcelain snuff box in the form of a recumbent pug, with silver-mount, probably German 19th century
the underside of the base painted with a vignette of a boy with a pug in a landscape before ruinous columns, mount with German silver standard mark;
a small Continental porcelain snuff box in the form of a recumbent pug, with metal mount, probably German 19th century
the underside of the base painted with a spray of flowers, the interior with an exotic bird;
and an English enamel snuff box in the form of a swan, with metal mount, circa 1775
the underside of the base painted with a swan swimming on the water among grasses
length of largest 3 1/8 in., 7.9 cm
The Estate of Ailsa Mellon Bruce