A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMELLED SNUFF BOX

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A GERMAN SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMELLED SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1750, BY THE WORKSHOP OF PIERRE OR ALEXANDER FROMERY

Of rectangular form, the sides and base applied with gold and enamel bird, flame and stylized foliate decorations within scrolling bands, the hinged cover applied with a gold and enamel foliate scroll border surrounding harvesting tools and foliage--2 3/8in. (6cm.) long (4)

拍品专文

For a discussion of the works of the Fromery workshop, see Somers Cocks and Truman, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objects de Vertu, 1984, pp. 266-268. Another from the same workshop, signed by Herold, is in the Louvre and illustrated (described as '19th Century') in S. Grandjean, Les Tabatières du Musée du Louvre, 1981, no. 473.