Of bombé rectangular form, the exterior finely painted with putti at play, emblematic of earth, water and air, the interior of the covers with a continuous view of putti harvesting wheat, the remainder of the interior gilt
3⁵⁄₈ in. (9.2 cm.) long

Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, collection no. G.R. 1282, Frankfurt am Main.
Rosenberg & Stiebel, inventory no. 3083, 1949.
E. Pinkus, New York, 1955.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984) from the above.

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Kändler first modeled a double-snuff box in 1733, and his work report for May that year records that it was specifically designed for different kinds of snuff: Eine Schnupff Tobacks Dosse auff neue Art, da zweyerlei Tobacken hinein gethan werden solche bekömbt 2 Deckel, und hat in der Mitte einen Unterschied [a snuff-box of a new kind, in which two kinds of snuff are placed, such a box has 2 lids and a divider in the middle], cited by Ulrich Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Leipzig, 2002, p. 19.