A rare Meissen porcelain snuff bottle in the shape of a lady with a pug

A rare Meissen porcelain snuff bottle in the shape of a lady with a pug With gilt copper mounts. On a narrow, circular rocky base, the elegant young lady holding a pug on her left hip. The dog’s head mounted as a stopper. Blue crossed swords mark on the glazed base, framed by a surrounding polychrome wreath of flowers. Right arm restored, index finger missing, retouches to the pug’s back. Height 8 cm. 1750 - 60, the model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke.

Estimate:$1,122.12

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