Early 19th C Grand Tour Burl Wood Veneer Snuff Box with Painted Architectural Scene Antique

Early 19th C Grand Tour Burl Wood Veneer Snuff Box with Painted Architectural Scene AntiqueBurl Wood Veneer Snuff Box with Picture of Castle Fortress on Top Early 19th C Grand Tour souvenir box Likely English or Italian Dating between 1820 1840 Finely crafted circular burlwood snuff or souvenir box featuring a hand painted architectural miniature beneath convex glass Painted scene executed in gouache on paper or card, depicts an elegant neoclassical building with colonnaded steps and rotunda Presence of these costumed figures suggests a

Significantly more rare edition (compared to 1741 edition)

The panel bears a Roman numeral carved or stamped to the central field: marked “VII”

Beautifully preserved example of Enlightenment natural history from the royal press

likely taken from a theological or scholarly book

Louis XV/Rococo Revival style

Tortoise Boulle work sits on a veneered wood base

“Souvenir affectueux de la grippe — 1919 — M

This portrait shares the central-parted curled hairstyle and rose in her hair consistent with court portraiture of Bavarian princesses

Mount features gilded climbing rose branch with buds

Cool greys

his accesserunt Corn

and light accretions