2nd Dec, 2020 16:00

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  Lot 1002
 

A mid - 18th century unmarked silver concealed erotic snuff box, probably French circa 1760

A mid - 18th century unmarked silver concealed erotic snuff box, probably French circa 1760

Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the hinged lid with a chased panel of putto at play in a garden reserved in strapwork with lattice work reserves and putto masks to the base, all surrounded with foliate scroll and putti musicians, all against a textured ground. The double opening lid, revealing a painted ivory man of a nude man penetrating a woman vaginally with his erect phallus, her hand placed on a side table with a single gilt beaker, all against draping red fabric. Gilt interior.

Length – 8 cm / 3.15 inches

Weight – 111 grams / 3.57 ozt

Sold for £2,250

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