A GERMAN COPPER-GILT ENAMEL SNUFF BOX AND COVER TO COMEMORATE THE PIECE OF HUBERTUSBUG 1763

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1.500 € - 2.500 €

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Description:

Ellwangen, Andreas Bechdolff, after 1763
4 x 8,5 x 5,5 cm
On the lid a view of Hubertusburg Castle with the inscription ‘HUBERTUSBURG D 15 FEBR: MDCCLXIII’; in the interior lid Germania as a symbol of peace ‘LAM RENDIRE AUDET GERMANIA PACATA’. Both motifs after a commemorative medal by J.L. Öslein. Architecture in landscape on the side, map on the bottom. Hairline cracks, slightly worn.
Old Franconian private collection
Lit. Gert Nagel, Spurensuche zu den Tabatieren der Früstpropstei Ellwangen, 48 Dosen & Tabatieren, 2022, fig. 8.

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