A RARE GERMAN ROCOCO GILT-METAL MOUNTED CARTOGRAPHICAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX possibly Augsburg or Ellwangen, circa 1750 Rectangular white enamel on copper box, the slightly domed cover painted and gilt with a bird's eye view of Weissenau Abbey with the Relic of the Holy Blood in-between the spires, the four sides and base painted with a map of the surroundings including Ravensburg and Weingarten, the inside of the lid painted with an allegory of the triumph of the counter-reformation with St. Norbert trampling two Protestant Pastors, assisted by two monks and a priest, bright-cut gilt-metal mounts with slightly raised scrolling thumbpiece 3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
A RARE GERMAN ROCOCO GILT-METAL MOUNTED CARTOGRAPHICAL ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX possibly Augsburg or Ellwangen, circa 1750 Rectangular white enamel on copper box, the slightly domed cover painted and gilt with a bird's eye view of Weissenau Abbey with the Relic of the Holy Blood in-between the spires, the four sides and base painted with a map of the surroundings including Ravensburg and Weingarten, the inside of the lid painted with an allegory of the triumph of the counter-reformation with St. Norbert trampling two Protestant Pastors, assisted by two monks and a priest, bright-cut gilt-metal mounts with slightly raised scrolling thumbpiece 3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
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