Lot Essay
For a very similar box, see A. M. Mariën-Dugardin, Le legs Madame Louis Solvay. II. Boîtes et tabatières, Brussels, 1995, p. 93, fig. 151.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A CONTINENTAL ROCOCO SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
BERLIN, FROMERY WORKSHOP, OR PARIS, CIRCA 1750
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A CONTINENTAL ROCOCO SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
Berlin, Fromery workshop, or Paris, circa 1750
Barge-shaped white enamel on copper box, the slightly convex silver-mounted tapering rectangular cover painted with Rocaille, purple scrolls and raised gilded foliage around a reserve with a lakeside landscape, surrounded by a concave enamel panel with similar decoration, the sides of the boat similarly painted with a brown trelliswork with stars at the intersections, each side painted with three cartouches containing lakeside scenes within raised gilded frames, the prow and rear similarly enamelled, reeded silver mounts, with flanged thumbpiece, the inside lined with silvered metal
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
Berlin, Fromery workshop, or Paris, circa 1750
Barge-shaped white enamel on copper box, the slightly convex silver-mounted tapering rectangular cover painted with Rocaille, purple scrolls and raised gilded foliage around a reserve with a lakeside landscape, surrounded by a concave enamel panel with similar decoration, the sides of the boat similarly painted with a brown trelliswork with stars at the intersections, each side painted with three cartouches containing lakeside scenes within raised gilded frames, the prow and rear similarly enamelled, reeded silver mounts, with flanged thumbpiece, the inside lined with silvered metal
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide