Caption

Snuffbox tin, Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique, Meissen 1710–1763. Tall rectangular snuffbox with rounded corners, flatly arched lid bound in metal gilt silver? on hinges. Around the edges of the side walls, lid, and bottom are gilded rocaille frames for colorful miniatures with animal fairy tales: 1 a squirrel and a pug in a bonnet and cape, smoking pipes and drinking coffee, with a landscape and architecture in the background; 2 a dog as a hunter with a pipe and two hares on a leash, landscape background; 3 drunken animals feasting at a table with a pulled tablecloth: a goose, a wild boar, and a fox, with landscape background; 4 a parrot on a pole beside a cage, with landscape background. In the reserves on the side walls are miniature waterside landscapes. Inside the lid is a colorful miniature portrait of a young lady in a cape, half-length, against beige drapery partially obscuring a column. The miniature is painted in pastel colors in a pointillist style, dated to the third quarter of the 18th century, Saxony Meissen. Porcelain snuffbox. Height 5.3 cm, width 9 cm, depth 6.4 cm., A small square box with a hinged lid sits against a gray background, the box made of white porcelain decorated with painted scenes and ornate gilt scrollwork; the lid and sides show a landscape scene with a house, trees, and water rendered in muted greens, browns, purples, and blues, while the gilt edging around the lid and scrollwork is metallic gold and the hinge appears brass-colored.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A15_478

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Keywords

Snuffbox tin Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique Meissen 1710–1763 Tall rectangular snuffbox rounded corners flatly arched lid bound metal gilt silver hinges edges side walls lid bottom gilded rocaille frames colorful miniatures animal fairy tales 1 squirrel pug bonnet cape smoking pipes drinking coffee landscape architecture background 2 dog hunter pipe two hares leash landscape background 3 drunken animals feasting table pulled tablecloth goose wild boar fox 4 parrot pole beside cage reserves miniature waterside landscapes Inside colorful miniature portrait young lady half-length beige drapery partially obscuring column painted pastel colors pointillist style dated third quarter 18th century Saxony Meissen Porcelain snuffbox Height 5.3 cm width 9 cm depth 6.4 cm small square box hinged sits gray background box white porcelain decorated painted scenes ornate scrollwork sides landscape scene house trees water rendered muted greens browns purples blues gilt edging metallic gold hinge brass-colored.