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Lot 17 Dα

An "émail de saxe" snuff box

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 600 € - 900 €
Result: 625 € (incl. premium)

An "émail de saxe" snuff box

Polychrome and white enamel, gilding, pale blue counter enamel, vermeil mountings. Decorated with pairs of figures, birds and flowers divided by gilded tendrils. Wear to the gilding, cracks, minor restorations to the edges. H 3.1, W 6.4, D 5.2 cm.
Berlin, attributed to the workshop of Pierre and Alexandre Fromery, 1720s/1730s, decor attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold.

Provenance

Private collection Lower Rhine.