Snuffbox, ca. 1760, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, silver-gilt mounts., H. 4.3 cm, L. 8.4 cm, D. 6.7 cm, Snuffboxes, The box is closely related in both exterior and interior decoration to one in the Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, and the paintings, although different in subject, appear to be by the same hand. A German mother-of-pearl and ivory box of about 1750 at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, is painted inside the lid with an allegorical scene of similar character, also possibly by the same artist
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Snuffbox, ca, 1760, German, Meissen, Hard-paste porcelain, silver-gilt mounts, H, 4.3 cm, L, 8.4, D, 6.7, Snuffboxes, box, closely related, exterior, interior decoration, Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, paintings, although different, subject, hand, German mother, pearl, ivory box, 1750, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, painted inside, lid, allegorical scene, character, artist
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