Lot no.: 130
A large rococo tobacco box of rectangular form with a slightly domed hinged lid and gilt brass mount, copper with sky-blue and white opaque enamel, cartouches on all sides with fine painting "Courtly garden scene and landscapes with staffage of persons" in silver relief rocailles and flower tendrils, inside the lid format-filling depiction after Jean-Antoine Watteau "Sous un habit de Mezetin", loose inner lid with cone knob and purple camaieu rocaille work as well as grisaille animal depictions "Rabbits, insects and sitting pug with red collar" (possibly as an indication of the affiliation to the so-called masonic 'pug order' of the original owner?), c. 1750, 6x11,5x10,5cm, traces of use, partly slight rest., Provenance: Nagel/Stuttgart (July 2018), North German collection
Starting price: € 2000,-
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