- A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX AND COVER WITH G...A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX AND COVER WITH GILT COPPER MOUNTS, CIRCA 1735-1740, of waisted form, the top with "Kauffahrtei" or harbor scene decoration with two robed gentlemen wearing fur turbans in the foreground and a bound blackamoor at their feet, in the mid and background a crenelated tower leads on to a bustling canal and port scene with a swan necked ship and onion domed buildings, the interior of the lid with a scene of a lady at her toilette, attended by two maids doing her hair, while taking a pinch of snuff, the bottom with a continuous band of figures reclining and strolling in a landscape setting interspersed with four large gilt splayed leaves with black outlining, along the waist spays of "Indianische blumen" floral decoration, and on the bottom a fête galante scene in the manner of Watteau, the interior of the bottom with a heavy layer of gilding, the top and bottom (now detached) framed with later gilt copper mounts.NOTE: While only a handful of Meissen circular waisted snuffboxes are known to exist, the overall delicacy of the form had an immediate impact on other contemporary porcelain manufacturers including Chantilly, which by the late 1730's had begun production of a nearly identical version in soft paste porcelain. Height: 1 7/8" Diameter: 3"
- FRIEDRICH KOTTMANN. A PINCH OF SNUFF,
FRIEDRICH KOTTMANN. A PINCH OF SNUFF, OIL ON BOARD Signed ul, 8 x 6 in., framed.
- NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP AND
NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP AND TWO NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN FIGURESNYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP AND TWO NYMPHENBURG PORCELAIN FIGURES, mid-19th and early 20th Century, impressed Bavarian shield marks, after the models by Franz Anton Bustelli, incised and impressed model nos. 213, 818 and 58, including a female snuff-taker, 'Ratschkaetl' depicted standing with a basket over her left arm, taking a pinch of snuff from an open box, the impoverished woman wearing a patched top, brown skirt and spotted apron, the square base enriched with a gilt line; a needy mother and two children, 'Bettlerin mit Kindern', depicted as a destitute maiden in tattered clothes carrying a small child in a sash-sling at her back, a needy toddler with outstretched right hand at her side, on a flat scroll-edged base enriched with gilt dentil; a mendicant pilgrim, 'Bettelmonch Klausner', depicted standing and carrying a satchel over his right shoulder, a walking stick in his left, in yellow-lined brown cloak and brown robes, a crucifix suspended at his side, a tree-stump at his back, on a flat scroll-edged base, h: 7 in. (the tallest) (3) Provenance: Estate of Ronald Sperling Literature: For an example of the snuff-taker, see Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Baeuml, no. 802. For an example of the figure group, see the Fine Arts Museum Boston, accession no. 1983.115. This model was originally designed as a set of three, including a male beggar, accession no. 1983.116, and a figure group of an elegant couple.
- A Large Conte and Bohme Figure of Snuff
A Large Conte and Bohme Figure of Snuff Taker in Pink A large porcelain full figure wearing pink clown outfit and hat taking a pinch of snuff unmarked yet attributed to Conte and Bohme polychrome enamels.
- Georges Croegaert (Belgian, 1848-1923)
Georges Croegaert (Belgian, 1848-1923) "A Pinch of Snuff", oil on panel, 18" x 14-3/4", signed and inscribed lower right "Georges Croegaert Paris", verso retains label "J. B. Bennett & Sons/Painter and Decorators to the Queen/50 Gordon Street, Glasgow". Presented in an elaborately carved period giltwood frame. Provenance: M. S. Rau, New Orleans, Louisiana.