A LOUIS XV SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX

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A LOUIS XV SILVER-MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1738-1744

Of oblong form, the base, sides and cover applied with pear trees in gold and green, blue and yellow enamel, with reeded mounts, the mounts struck with charge of Louis Robin--3½in. (8.5cm.)long

来源

The Garbisch Collection
Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1980, lot 247 (as "Dresden")

拍品专文

Previously attributed to German workshops, enamel of this type would appear to be French. Similar gold decoration appears on an unmarked and therefore not Parisian gold box, thereby suggesting an origin outside the jurisdiction of the Paris Guild, perhaps even near St. Cloud.