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Auction archive: Lot number 486

A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box

Auction 11.12.2000
11 Dec 2000
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,776 - US$11,701
Price realised:
£25,850
ca. US$37,810
Auction archive: Lot number 486

A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box

Auction 11.12.2000
11 Dec 2000
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,776 - US$11,701
Price realised:
£25,850
ca. US$37,810
Beschreibung:

A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box Circa 1745, contemporary mounts Each facet of the exterior painted in kupfer-grün with scenes emblematic of the elements, the sides with cows and sheep in a landscape, a salamander, elaborate fountains and birds fluttering about a tree-stump, the base emblematic of water with merchants at various pursuits near a port, the cover emblematic of earth with figures at various pursuits in a wooded landscape, the cover an base enriched with red and balck enamels, the interior of the cover with a view of Dresden

Auction archive: Lot number 486
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A Meissen gold-mounted rectangular snuff-box Circa 1745, contemporary mounts Each facet of the exterior painted in kupfer-grün with scenes emblematic of the elements, the sides with cows and sheep in a landscape, a salamander, elaborate fountains and birds fluttering about a tree-stump, the base emblematic of water with merchants at various pursuits near a port, the cover emblematic of earth with figures at various pursuits in a wooded landscape, the cover an base enriched with red and balck enamels, the interior of the cover with a view of Dresden

Auction archive: Lot number 486
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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