25th Sep, 2024 9:30
A Continental snuff box of rectangular form, cover panel inset with a portrait enamel of George IV after Lawrence, on an engine-turned ground with applied repoussé shell and floral scroll, sides and base with porcelain panels in cage mounts, pastoral scene after Boucher painted en grisaille on a stippled pink ground, surrounded by varicoloured C-scrolls and foliage, further frame by a frieze of Greek key border, applied floral thumbpiece, lip engraved with the royal cypher of George IV, unmarked, 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm, 333.1 grams.
Sold for £3,600
Condition Report
box appears to be from 1760s, and cover panel with enamel is later than 1820.
Possible repair and alteration to the hinge and linings.
Repairs to the corners below the hinged top.
A Continental snuff box of rectangular form, cover panel inset with a portrait enamel of George IV after Lawrence, on an engine-turned ground with applied repoussé shell and floral scroll, sides and base with porcelain panels in cage mounts, pastoral scene after Boucher painted en grisaille on a stippled pink ground, surrounded by varicoloured C-scrolls and foliage, further frame by a frieze of Greek key border, applied floral thumbpiece, lip engraved with the royal cypher of George IV, unmarked, 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm, 333.1 grams.
