A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Saint-Cloud Lighting Mirrors Screens 20th Century

20th Century

decorated with a diaper pattern in gold lacquer on a brownish black ground

Theodore Haviland

the prototypes were fabricated by atelier of Archimede Seguso on the Venetian Island of Murano

A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Saint-Cloud Lighting Mirrors Screens 20th CenturyA GILT METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Saint Cloud Modelled as a reclining monk, one hand supporting his bald head, the other holding a rosary and with a crutch at his side, the interior lid painted in puce camaeu with a harbor scene 2in. (7. 2cm.) long PROVENANCE Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 April 1978, lot 371 Christies, 24 May, 2000, lot 139