A Fine and Rare Saint Cloud Silver-Mounted Snuff Box and Cover in the Form of a Reclining Shepherd, Circa 1740
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A Fine and Rare Saint Cloud Silver-Mounted Snuff Box and Cover in the Form of a Reclining Shepherd wearing a brimmed hat, coat, and trousers, with a blue painted sash outlined in red across his chest. He rests on his side with his head propped against his right hand upon a grassy mound painted with kakiemon-style flowers. A yellow painted crook with blue enamelled ferrule and spotted dog lies next to him. The cover is further decorated with kakiemon-style flowers.
Marks: Silver Paris Hallmark
Literature
See a similar example illustrated in Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes (1988), cat. 81, p. 153. See a similar example illustrated in Rosalie Wise Sharp, China To Light Up A House: Volume One (2015), cat. 438, p. 117. See another example in Elizabeth Williams and Meredith Chilton, Daily Pleasures: French Ceramics in the MaryLou Boone Collection (2012), no. 77, pp. 268-9.
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