A Doccia gilt-metal-mounted rectangular armorial snuffbox, circa 1760A Doccia gilt-metal-mounted rectangular armorial snuffbox, circa 1760The 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 1980sMost 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.