Snuffbox with feather ornamentation and a portrait of a woman.

Rectangular, slightly curved body with compressed edges. The walls are surrounded on all sides by purple rocaille relief paintings. Inside them are colored depictions of feathered game set against architectural landscapes in polychrome painting, likely by the artist C.G. Alberti, active around 1767-1772. The inner lid is decorated with an oval, gold-engraved floral wreath. Inside sits a noble lady, gracefully observing an open box. The motif is based on Meissen models. Partial interior gilding. The mounting is of profiled silver, gold-plated, with a protruding, shell-ornamented handle. H. 4.5 cm. 8 cm x 6 cm. A comparable example in shape with floral decoration from 1759 can be found in the Reichmann Collection at the Fürstenberg Museum. See Bückamp-Markowski, Catalogue of Porcelain Boxes, No. 231, 50; Ducret, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Vol. II, Fig. 64f., p. 68; Jedding, European Porcelain, p. II/2; Exhibition "Ey! wie schmeckt," No. 47. A gold-plated German porcelain snuff box with a bird enamel mount, likely by C.G. Alberti. Fürstenberg, circa 1760-1770.