18th Century Meissen Porcelain Patch/beauty Spot Box, Circa 1750

A Meissen porcelain patch/beauty spot box, circa 1750, after a model by Johann Joachim Kändler, in the form of a grape picker pannier, with gilt-metal mounts, decorated with flower sprays and gilding, the lid moulded with grapes and vine leaves. With a mirror on the underside of the lid. 6.5cm (2.6in) high

Condition: Very good for age and type. Wear to gilding, thumb piece bent (easily straightened), mirror backing tarnished, small patch of missed glaze internally on left side, immediately below mount. The hinge works well, and the box closes tightly. The mount attached to the body of the box is slightly loose. There is possibly a very tiny loss to the edge of a vine leaf on the right side of the lid, although no clear break was found under high magnification. Examined in detail under ultraviolet light - no restoration found.

References:
1. Koller Auctions Lot 1712 - A174 Silver & Porcelain - Thursday, 17. September 2015 (Sold for CHF 3,250 - approximately £3,330 GBP at today’s exchange rates) https://www.kollerauktionen.ch/en/317735-0012-1174-PORZELLANDOeSCHEN-FUeR-SCHOeNHEIT-1174_78640.html?RecPos=12
2. Barbara BEAUCAMP-MARKOWSKY, Porzellandosen des 18. Jahrhunderts, München, Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, 1985, p. 236, Nr. 188.
3. Barbara BEAUCAMP-MARKOWSKY Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes 1988 on loan to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, p.104, Nr. 52.

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