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UNMARKED, PROBABLY DUTCH, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT POMANDER
UNMARKED, PROBABLY DUTCH, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The top unscrewing to release five separate segments each with a narrow sliding cover, the outside of three segments engraved with a figure within an oval cartouche, one segment engraved with tulips and the remaining segment with foliage, the threaded top pierced with trefoil finial, the central core engraved along each of its five facets with stylised acanthus leaves.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
UNMARKED, PROBABLY DUTCH, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The top unscrewing to release five separate segments each with a narrow sliding cover, the outside of three segments engraved with a figure within an oval cartouche, one segment engraved with tulips and the remaining segment with foliage, the threaded top pierced with trefoil finial, the central core engraved along each of its five facets with stylised acanthus leaves.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's London, 7 May 1974, lot 111.
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Please note that this lot dates from the second half of the 19th century and not as stated in the catalogue.
The revised estimate is 700-1000.
The revised estimate is 700-1000.
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