04 juillet 2011
A Meissen gold-mounted snuff box, circa 1745-50

02 juillet 2011
A very rare Vincennes silver-mounted octagonal snuff-box, circa 1745-50
A very rare Vincennes silver-mounted octagonal snuff-box, circa 1745-50. Photo Bonhams
Moulded with a border of palmettes around the centre, painted in purple with floral motifs, pierced with two holes at the rear, the lower body with an oval foliate and trellis cartouche on either side enclosing a landscape scene, the sides with flowering branches, the cover moulded with a palmette motif in the centre, embellished in purple and enclosed by a flowering branches tied with a ribbon, the inside cover painted with a scene of ships... [Lire la suite]