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Snuffbox tin, Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique, Meissen 1710–1763. Tall rectangular snuffbox with rounded corners and a flatly arched lid bound in metal gilt silver?, hinged. 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, with a landscape background; 3 drunken animals feasting at a table with a pulled tablecloth: a goose, a wild boar, and a fox, with a landscape background; 4 a parrot on a pole beside a cage, with a landscape background. In the reserves on the side walls are miniature waterside landscapes. Inside the lid is a colorful miniature portrait: a young lady in a cape, half-length, against beige drapery partially obscuring a column; painted in pastel colors in a pointillist style, 3rd quarter of the 18th century, Saxony, Meissen porcelain haberdashery snuffbox. Dimensions: height 5.3 cm, width 9 cm, depth 6.4 cm., A small rectangular porcelain box with rounded corners and a thin metallic rim sits against a neutral gray background, showing a painted scene on its lid featuring anthropomorphic animals dressed in garments; a group of figures including an animal in a purple shawl, another in a blue cloak holding a bottle, and a reclining figure draped in white are arranged under a tree with green and purple foliage, with additional landscape elements like a wooden fence and greenery. The lid is decorated with delicate gold scrollwork around the painted scene. Visible colors include white, gray, gold, purple, blue, green, brown, and a few pinkish tones.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A15_479

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

66.2Mo (1.6Mo) / 50.8cm x 32.6cm / 6000 x 3856 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Snuffbox tin Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique Meissen 1710–1763 Tall rectangular snuffbox rounded corners flatly arched lid bound metal gilt silver hinged 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 3rd quarter 18th century Saxony Meissen porcelain haberdashery snuffbox Dimensions height 5.3 cm width 9 cm depth 6.4 cm small rectangular porcelain box thin metallic rim sits neutral gray background showing painted scene featuring anthropomorphic animals dressed garments group figures animal purple shawl another blue cloak holding bottle reclining figure draped white arranged under tree green purple foliage additional landscape elements wooden fence greenery decorated delicate gold scrollwork Visible colors include gray gold purple blue brown pinkish tones.