A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted oval sugar box and cover, circa 1725-30
Painted with four adjoining chinoiserie vignettes depicting figures flanked by flowers between gilt borders to the rims, the cover with two similar vignettes enclosed by a gilt scrollwork border embellished with Böttger lustre, surmounted by a gilt lion finial, the silver-gilt hinged mounts marked for Elias Adam, Augsburg, 12cm across; 9.4cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 24. to both (worn on the box) (a few minor spots of wear to gilding)
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Painted with four adjoining chinoiserie vignettes depicting figures flanked by flowers between gilt borders to the rims, the cover with two similar vignettes enclosed by a gilt scrollwork border embellished with Böttger lustre, surmounted by a gilt lion finial, the silver-gilt hinged mounts marked for Elias Adam, Augsburg, 12cm across; 9.4cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 24. to both (worn on the box) (a few minor spots of wear to gilding)
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