A ST. CLOUD WHITE SNUFF-BOX modelled as a recumbent cat to the right its head turned and with a surprised expression, its body moulded with flower-sprays and plants, the oval cover similarly moulded with a flowering plant, the hinged silver-gilt mounts with décharge for Louis Robin, Paris, 1738-44, circa 1740

FRENCH PORCELAIN

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A ST. CLOUD WHITE SNUFF-BOX modelled as a recumbent cat to the right its head turned and with a surprised expression, its body moulded with flower-sprays and plants, the oval cover similarly moulded with a flowering plant, the hinged silver-gilt mounts with décharge for Louis Robin, Paris, 1738-44, circa 1740
7cm. wide

拍品专文

A similar example from the Firestone Collection was sold by Christie's, New York, 22 March 1991, lot 370 and for two coloured examples see Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boîtes en Porcelaine des manufactures européennes au 18^. siècle, nos. 372 and 381