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Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Three Snuff Boxes in the Form of Animals, Continental and English, probably 19th Century and circa 1775

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