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A large snuffbox depicting a traveller seated against a tree…
See original version (French)
187
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A large snuffbox depicting a traveller seated against a tree…
See original version (French)
Estimate
€60 - €90
Voluntary lot
Description
A large snuffbox depicting a traveller seated against a tree trunk – which is the snuffbox itself – upon which a child, probably the object of his thoughts, is crouching, serving as a handle. To his right, a basket on which he has placed his walking stick and his upturned top hat, and to his left a hollowed-out tree trunk, serve as compartments for matches. On the base of this ensemble is a scraper.
19th-century painted and glazed stoneware with platinum highlights
Marked, within a cartouche, with the intertwined letters V and B for Villeroy & Boch and the numbers 337 and 2.
This stoneware pot also exists without the platinum highlights, which may be a variant or a later addition. It appears that the use of this precious metal by the decorators at this factory was not unusual, as a pot with Gothic decoration, on display at the Mettlach Museum, is also adorned with it.
Chips and chips.
H 18cm
See original version (French)
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ID: 88400475
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