Snuffbox - Shower

Porcelain snuffbox with a gilded and chiseled bronze lid. The base has bas-relief decoration derived from the ornaments of the Viennese Du Paquier "laub bandelwerk" manufacture, consisting of foliate motifs, interwoven ribbons, and lattice cartouches, painted in purple, iron red, green, and gold, enriched by four figurines of armor and soldiers. On the bottom is a miniature of a nude Venus figure in iron red. Doccia, Sesto Fiorentino (FI); 1745-50. Manufacture: Ginori Doccia Dimensions: cm 4.7 x 7.5 x 5.6