Double snuffbox with purple ground and hunting scenes

Meissen, circa 1738 / Mount: Silver-gilt / Dimensions: 4.4 x 4.7–7.1 x 3.2–5 cm

Provenance: Brattig 2010, no. 103, pp. 234 f.

In May 1733, Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706–1775) modeled "A snuff tobacco box in a new style, as two types of tobacco are placed inside; it receives two lids and has a division in the middle." (Pietsch, Arbeitsberichte, p. 19).

Cf. Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, pp. 48, 73, 138, 165, and 210.