A gold snuff box, English, circa 1740
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October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A gold snuff box, English, circa 1740
cartouche-shaped, the lid chased with a gentleman posing as the River God pouring water from a jug, holding a paddle in his right hand, seated on a scroll decorated with stylised shells on a finely matted background, the lobed baluster sides and the base chased with rich rococo scrollwork, flowers and shells, the raised bow-shaped front flanked by Corinthian columns, small protruding thumbpiece, the interior of the lid later engraved with a presentation inscription and the coat-of-arms of Minnitt for Joshua Robert Minnitt (1806-1881) impaling those of Goring, for his wife Elizabeth Goring (1808-1901), above a banner inscribed with the motto 'virtute et armis', apparently unmarked, in a fitted velvet-lined shagreen case
weight: 70.3 g
length 2¾ in.; 6,9 cm.
weight 7g
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Tabatière en or, Angleterre, vers 1740
en forme de cartouche, le couvercle ciselé d'un gentilhomme représenté en dieu fleuve versant de l'eau, les côtés balustres et la base ciselés de riches volutes rococo, de fleurs et de coquilles, l'intérieur gravé ultérieurement des armes de Minnitt empalant celles de Goring, apparemment non poinçonnée, dans un coffret en galuchat
weight: 70.3 g
length 2¾ in.; 6,9 cm.
weight 7g
Martha Minnitt (b. 1677), thence by descent;
Her great-great nephew Joshua Robert Minnitt ꦿ(1806-1881), then🌳ce by descent;
Christie's London, 10 June 2010, lot 330;
Christie's London, 8 December 2011, lot 136.
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Martha Min🅠nitt (née en 1677), puis par descendance fไamiliale;
Son arrière-arrière-neveu Joshua Rober♑t Minnitt (1806-1881𒁃), puis par descendance familiale;
Christie's Londres, 10 juin 2010, lot 330;
Christie's Londres, 8 décembre 2011, lot 136.
Annabeg (or Annaghbeg) was the Georgian home of the Minnitt family until just after World War II, located near Nenagh in County Tipperary, Ireland. The Minnitt family was primarily based in Ireland from the 17th century. Martha Minnitt was the second daughter of Robert and Jane Minnitt of Knigh Castle and Blackfort in Tipperary. Robert Minnitt was her youngest brother and the great-grandfather of Joshua Robert Minnitt, a prominent landoꦯwner and active in public life. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles Forster Goring of Highden in Sussex at St George's, Hanover Square, London, on 19 May 1834.