A Meissen circular shell-moulded snuff box, mid 18th centuryThe exterior moulded in relief with lines radiating from a central foliate motif on the base and cover, and parallel wavy lines to the side, the inside cover finely painted with a scene of an Italianate town by a river and a waterfall in the foreground, the interior gilt, 8cm diam. (three tiny shallow chips to the cover)注脚Provenance: Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna collection, Prague, sold by Lepke's Berlin, 21-28 March 1911, lot 1142; Alfred Joseph collection, no. 1684, sold in these rooms, 3 December 2008, lot 180Published in Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no. 172, and in Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 48. Exhibited at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1972-2003, and in the Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, London 2003-2008.