A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 214
A Mennecy porcelain silver-mounted snuff box and cover
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A Mennecy porcelain silver-mounted snuff box and cover,
c.1740, modelled as a reclining shepherd, leaning his head on his right hand, his crook lying by his side, the oval base moulded with sprays of flowering prunus, picked out in a Kakiemon palette, with further sprays of flowers painted to either side of the flat base, Paris discharge mark for 1738-44, 7.8cm across.