151. Tabatière rectangulaire armoriée monture en métal doré, Doccia, circa 1760 A Doccia gilt-metal-mounted rectangular armorial snuffbox, circa 1760 The box moulded with flowers and leaves tied with a bow, heightened in enamels, against a moulded shell-like ground, the cover moulded with flowers and leaves tied with a ribbon, the inside cover with the crowned arms of the Marquis Gino Pasquale Capponi flanked by scrollwork and flowers, 7.2cm by 5.5cm (cover restored, minor wear to enamels) Provenance Aldo Pironti, Benevento (paper label no. 215 to interior); European Private Collection since the 1980s Most of a service with the Capponi coat of arms still remains at the Capponi family's Villa di Monsoglio in Arezzo, see L. Ginori Lisci, La Porcellana di Doccia, p.49.