Property formerly in the Collection of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-BornemiszaA jewelled gold-mounted hardstone snuff box, Johann Christian NeuberDresden, circa 1770-1780 oval, inlaid in cell mosaic, the lid with a border of oblong oval carnelian panels alternating with turquoise and nephrite forget-me-nots on polished gold, around the ground of grey and brown banded Schlottwitz agate triangles, centred with a bloodstone wreath tied with a white chalcedony knot, surrounding a later diamond frame containing a an associated oval miniature of a lady, circa 1775, painted on ivory, the sides similarly decorated, the dividers repeating tied bloodstone laurel, engraved intertwined border around the rim, the base a mirror image of the lid, centred with an elaborately inlaid pietra dura love token of a flaming arrow and quiver, tied to an agate bow by a lapis lazuli ribbon, in a smaller floral wreath on an engraved lozenge and flower gold ground; the interior of the lid inset with a minitature of a gentleman, circa 1780, French school, painted on ivory, within a later engraved Cyrillic inscription Moskovskoe Dvoryanstvo / Radostnomu ryestniku / 8yn Sentyabrya 1843 goda, the rim signed: Neuber a Dresde9.5cm., 3 3/4 in. wideCondition reportTo request a
Property formerly in the Collection of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-BornemiszaA jewelled gold-mounted hardstone snuff box, Johann Christian NeuberDresden, circa 1770-1780 oval, inlaid in cell mosaic, the lid with a border of oblong oval carnelian panels alternating with turquoise and nephrite forget-me-nots on polished gold, around the ground of grey and brown banded Schlottwitz agate triangles, centred with a bloodstone wreath tied with a white chalcedony knot, surrounding a later diamond frame containing a an associated oval miniature of a lady, circa 1775, painted on ivory, the sides similarly decorated, the dividers repeating tied bloodstone laurel, engraved intertwined border around the rim, the base a mirror image of the lid, centred with an elaborately inlaid pietra dura love token of a flaming arrow and quiver, tied to an agate bow by a lapis lazuli ribbon, in a smaller floral wreath on an engraved lozenge and flower gold ground; the interior of the lid inset with a minitature of a gentleman, circa 1780, French school, painted on ivory, within a later engraved Cyrillic inscription Moskovskoe Dvoryanstvo / Radostnomu ryestniku / 8yn Sentyabrya 1843 goda, the rim signed: Neuber a Dresde9.5cm., 3 3/4 in. wideCondition reportTo request a
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