A GERMAN ROCOCO CHASED GOLD BOX
A GERMAN ROCOCO CHASED GOLD BOX

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A GERMAN ROCOCO CHASED GOLD BOX
SOUTHERN GERMAN, CIRCA 1730/1740, WITH A LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARK

Heptagonal upright box with slightly domed hinged cover, the cover with raised reserve chased with shell on a sablé ground, the corners also decorated with shell, on a matted ground with trelliswork cartouches, the burnished base centred by a Rococo cartouche chased with fruit against a matted landscape background, the tapering sides with rocaille ornaments on a sablé ground, the interior fitted with a detachable gold tray and gold-topped glass ink and pounce pots
63 mm. wide