Representation "The Death of Adonis" with ornamented, gilded metal mounting. Curved, shell-like body with hinged lid. Cobalt blue background. On the lid, a reserved area with an extremely fine, scenic depiction of the reclining Adonis and Venus accompanied by putti mourning his death. Inspired by François Boucher's designs. Inside the lid, the motif of two Boucher putti sitting on clouds, warming themselves by a fire as an allegory of winter. Extremely fine polychrome painting with relief gold borders of foliage and flower reserves with delicate, dotted platinum decoration. Sword mark. Height 2.5 cm. 7 cm x 6 cm. A gilt-mounted porcelain snuff box finely painted with a mythological scene of the death of Adonis. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. End of the 19th century.
