Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 128*
A Doccia gilt-metal-mounted rectangular armorial snuffbox, circa 1760
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Doccia gilt-metal-mounted rectangular armorial snuffbox, circa 1760
The box moulded with flowers and leaves tied with a bow, heightened in enamels, against a moulded shell-like ground, the cover moulded with flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, the inside cover with the crowned arms of the Marquis Gino Pasquale Capponi flanked by scrollwork and flowers, 7.2cm by 5.5cm (cover restored, minor wear to enamels)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Aldo Pironti, Benevento (paper label no. 215 to interior);
European Private Collection since the 1980s
Most of a service with the Capponi coat of arms still remains at the Capponi family's Villa di Monsoglio in Arezzo, see L. Ginori Lisci, La Porcellana di Doccia, p.49.
