Snuffbox, ca0–60, German (Dresden?), Enameled copper, copper-gilt mounts, H. 3.8 cm, L. 8.3 cm, D. 6.5 cm, Snuffboxes, A similarly informal, sketchy technique occurs on other enamel boxes also painted inside the cover with a halflength female figure in dress of about 1750 or earlier.(1) Such miniatures, all undoubtedly after engravings, are common both to enamel boxes and to boxes of Meissen porcelain
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Snuffbox, ca0–60, German, Dresden?, Enameled copper, copper-gilt mounts, H, 3.8 cm, L, 8.3, D, 6.5, Snuffboxes, similarly, informal, sketchy technique, occurs, enamel boxes, painted inside, cover, halflength female, figure, dress, 1750, earlier, 1, miniatures, undoubtedly, engravings, common, boxes, Meissen porcelain
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