Vernis Martin Snuff Box
A fine 18th century French Vernis Martin snuff box, painted around with a running pastoral scene, to the base a continuation depicting a rustic bridge over a fast running river.
The lift-off cover is finely painted with a copy of Francois Boucher’s Le sommeil interrompu; The Interrupted Sleep. The closing edges trimmed with gilt copper; the interior lined with tortoiseshell.
French circa 1760.
dia: 3 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in
Boucher’s original painting is now in the collection of The Met. Painted in 1750, it was conceived as one of a pair of overdoors, set into the woodwork of Madame de Pompadour’s Château de Bellevue.
Item code: 6095
£1250
