A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 135
A good Battersea enamel snuff box
Estimate £700 - £1,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A good Battersea enamel snuff box,
c.1755, printed in sepia with 'Partie de Chasse', engraved by Simon François Ravenet, a lady huntress seated beneath a tree while her companion stands by holding the leads of two dogs, the sides with rococo-scrolled panels of hatched diaper ground, with gilt metal mounts, 7.3cm.
Exhibited
English Ceramic Circle, 1977, No. 251.