Lotto 1228 - A198 Arti decorative - giovedì, 30. settembre 2021, 13h00
A QUARZ SNUFF BOX WITH GOLD MOUNT
Probably Dresden, 19th century.
White quartz on all sides with diamond incised decoration comprised of overlapping arcs. The applications in the style of the snuff boxes by F. L. Hoffmann with applied insects and caterpillar comprised of various agates, coloured glass and a diamond on the tip of the worm, the mount in rose gold.
6 x 8.5 x 3.4 cm.
Cracks, one corner chipped.
Provenance:
- Sale Sotheby's Geneva, 16.5.1995, Lot 75.
- With Kunsthandel Ars Domi, Zurich.
- Swiss private collection.
Comparable works from the period circa 1760-70 from the Gilbert Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Musée du Louvres. Cf. A.K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, pl. 544.
Provenance:
- Sale Sotheby's Geneva, 16.5.1995, Lot 75.
- With Kunsthandel Ars Domi, Zurich.
- Swiss private collection.
Comparable works from the period circa 1760-70 from the Gilbert Collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Musée du Louvres. Cf. A.K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, pl. 544.
CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Venduto per CHF 5 000 (incl. premio dell'acquirente)
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