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A Nymphenburg gilt-metal mounted oval blue, white and gilt…
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Melbourne
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21-Mar-2017
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A Nymphenburg gilt-metal mounted oval blue, white and gilt portrait snuff box, circa 1770, the cover with a relief profile of the Elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria, modelled by Dominikus Auliczek, surrounded by leaves and berries and a ribbon border, the interior painted with a polychrome spray of flowers, impressed shield mark to inside of box, 9 cm wide, 4.5 cm high, Dominikus Auliczek the Elder, master modeller at Nymphenburg between 1763 and 1772, created the image after a medallion by Franz Andreas Schega of 1759 commemorating the founding of the Academy of Sciences., Maximilian III Joseph (1727-1777) was the eldest son of Emperor Charles VII and Marie Amalie, Archduchess of Austria. The Elector is depicted wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and the sash of the Bavarian Order of St George. He was regarded as a progressive and enlightened ruler, who did much to improve the development of the country, such as founding Munich's first academic institution, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1759
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