RARE & GERMAN/ MEISSEN CHINOISERIE DECORATED SNUFF BOX - HOEROLT ?
Item History & Price
MAKER ... GERMAN / MEISSEN UNMARKED HANDPAINTED IN THE STYLE OF JOHAN GREGORIUS HOEROLT SIZE 7CMS LONG, BY 5CMS WIDE AND 4.1/2 CMS HIGH.
CONDITION REMARKABLY GOOD FOR IT´S AGE. REPAIRED CRACK TO TOP, BUT THE BASE, APART FROM ONE TINY CHIP 100% PERFECT. NO OTHER CHIPS, CRACKS OR RESTORATION.
DESCRIPTION BEAUTIFULLY HANDPAINTED ON ALL SIDES WITH RARE CHINOISERIE SCENES PROBABLY BY GREGORIOUS HEREOLT (1725-75) OR ADAM FRIEDRICH VON LOWENFINCK.(1754) THE INSIDE FINELY PAINTED WITH TYPICAL MEISSEN GARDEN FLOWERS.
PROVENANCE SOTHEBYS´ZURICH 2001 POSTAGE 25 STERLING WORLDWIDE
A TRUE GEMLIKE SMALL WORK OF ART- A COLLECTORS DREAM - AT A LOW START.