Small porcelain snuff box, rectangular, with white ground and each side with small reserves painted in puce camaieu with landscape scenes, the lid likewise with a larger reserve painted with a landscape scene in puce camaieu, inside the lid painted in color with a highly detailed battle scene, with gilded copper mounts.

Snuff Box

Probably Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory, Germany

1760-1770

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