A Meissen silver-gilt mounted double-compartment snuff-box Circa 1760-70, the bright-cut mounts contemporary Of rectangular form with fluted corners, the exterior painted with scattered flower-sprays and bouquets, the interior of one cover with Diana (?) at rest before a rocky outcrop, with a scantily clad god seated next to her holding a spear, two hunting dogs nearby, the other cover with Cupid embracing a lady before a rocky outcrop, a quiver of arrows slung over the branch of a nearby tree (left cover slightly loose in mount and with losses to edge, corner of right cover possibly slightly reduced, base with central area of wear, further minute areas of wear) 3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) wide overall
A Meissen silver-gilt mounted double-compartment snuff-box Circa 1760-70, the bright-cut mounts contemporary Of rectangular form with fluted corners, the exterior painted with scattered flower-sprays and bouquets, the interior of one cover with Diana (?) at rest before a rocky outcrop, with a scantily clad god seated next to her holding a spear, two hunting dogs nearby, the other cover with Cupid embracing a lady before a rocky outcrop, a quiver of arrows slung over the branch of a nearby tree (left cover slightly loose in mount and with losses to edge, corner of right cover possibly slightly reduced, base with central area of wear, further minute areas of wear) 3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) wide overall
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