A MEISSEN SNUFF BOX, CIRCA 1750-60 oval, moulded with scrolls and flower sprigs surrounding 'Bataillenmalerei' and other military subject vignettes after Rugendas, the interior lid covered with a similarly painted scene, with reeded silver-gilt rim mounts 7.8cm long Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 21 November 2000, lot 54 Many of the scenes on the box were probably taken from prints by or after Georg Philipp Rugendas I (1766-1742). A similarly moulded oval snuff box is illustrated by Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes, Amsterdam, 1988, No.167.