Gold mounted Meissen snuff box, painted with Neptune, dolphins and putti
Meissen 1750, conical shape with slightly curved lid, form number 38, Ø 6.0 cm, height: 5.3 cm, engraved gold mount with Parisian hallmark
We only know of three other snuff boxes of this type and this painting: (1.) Cat. Röbbig 2013 No. 121 = Christie’s 30.09.1991 No. 292, (2.) Cat. Röbbig 1994 p. 36 (left), (3.) Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York No. 254 p. 300 (inventory no. of the MMA: 1982.60.340)