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An enamelled snuff box with a portrait of Friedrich II
Lempertz · Berlin
Hammer price
42,444SEK
3,800 EUR in original currency · Hammer price — the house doesn't publish bid history.
Description & details
An enamelled snuff box with a portrait of Friedrich II Rectangular polychrome enamelled copper box with gilt copper mountings. The domed lid decorated with a large trophy still life resting against an eagle on a pedestal inscribed FR. The five remaining faces decorated in quodlibet style with letters and prints, the reverse inscribed with the dates 1719 and 1757. Inside the lid a portrait miniature of the King after a work by Antoine Pesne. Two corners with losses, cracks, wear to the gilding. H 4.5, W 8.2, D 6.3 cm. Berlin, sale/production (?) attributed to Alexander Fromery, circa/after 1757.
- Category
- Boxes
- Location
- Berlin
- Dimensions
- H 4.5 × W 8.2 × D 6.3 cm