An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes. - image-1
An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes. - image-2
An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes. - image-1An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes. - image-2

Lot 1048 Dα

An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, Furniture, Bronzes, Carpets
Estimate: 8.000 € - 9.000 €

An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes.

An enamel painted copper snuff box with "kauffahrtei" scenes. The interior gilt. A restoration to the edge of the lid; hairline cracks to the corpus; some wear to the base. Diameter 7.5 cm, H 4 cm.
Berlin, ca. 1735/40, the decor possibly Christian Friedrich Herold, sold by the Fromery company.

Literature

For Hoeroldt's enamel paintings on copper sold by Fromery cf.: Weinhold, Munich/Berlin 2000, p. 161 and 162.