A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25 Apr 2017

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A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box

£600 - £800 £900

A Birmingham enamel rectangular snuff box,

c.1760-65, the cover painted with a Fête Champêtre scene in the manner of Watteau, with five figures around a table in a garden setting, and a small dog seated upon a stool, the sides and base with sprays of honeysuckle, rose and other flowers on a white ground, the interior cover painted with Perseus rescuing Andromeda from Cetus, with gilt metal mounts, 8.5cm across.

This particular version of Perseus and Andromeda is taken from a print after the painting by François Lemoyne painted in 1723, currently in the Wallace Collection, London, accession number P417.

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