A St Cloud snuff box, in the form of a cat

A St Cloud snuff box, in the form of a recumbent cat, painted in Japanese Kakiemon style with a crouching man, a pagoda, flowers and a fence, the silver mounted hinged cover painted to the inside and out with a figure fishing and a landscape. 2 1/8" wide, circa 1740, the mounts with Paris discharge marks for 1738-44

Provenance; American Private Collection
                      English Private Collection 

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