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A DUTCH SILVER-GILT TOBACCO JAR
MAKER'S MARK OF STEVEN JAN VAN HENGEL, AMSTERDAM,1770
Circular and on openwork scroll base and four scroll feet, the spirally fluted body and detachable cover chased with panels of flowers and foliage on a scalework ground, the cover with pomegranate finial, later engraved with two crests beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on base and cover
7in. (18cm.) high
17ozs. (544grs.)
The crests are those of de Grey and Robinson, see lot 46
MAKER'S MARK OF STEVEN JAN VAN HENGEL, AMSTERDAM,1770
Circular and on openwork scroll base and four scroll feet, the spirally fluted body and detachable cover chased with panels of flowers and foliage on a scalework ground, the cover with pomegranate finial, later engraved with two crests beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on base and cover
7in. (18cm.) high
17ozs. (544grs.)
The crests are those of de Grey and Robinson, see lot 46