A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 139
A rare London enamel circular snuff box
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2400
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Description
A rare London enamel circular snuff box,
c.1740-45, the cover painted with the coat of arms for the Hippesley family, within elaborate scrollwork before puce fringed curtains, the sides painted in the Meissen manner with purple monochrome landscape panels within strapwork designs, the underside with a vignette of garden implements, the interior lid with a figure driving a cow beside a farmstead, the box's interior with gilt flower sprays, with gilt metal mounts, 6.7cm across.
The crest and the first quarter of the shield are those of Toby Ipsley of Hambleton in Rutland, granted in 1681.