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MARK OF DIRK SMITS, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1770 (NO DATE-LETTER), THE SECOND MARK OF J.F. ORTHLIEP, AMSTERDAM, 1836, THE THIRD MARK OF ANTHONIE DE HOOP, AMSTERDAM, 1771
Details
A small dutch silver snuff-box, a pill box and a scent-box
Mark of Dirk Smits, Amsterdam, circa 1770 (no date-letter), the second mark of J.F. Orthliep, Amsterdam, 1836, the third mark of Anthonie de Hoop, Amsterdam, 1771
The oblong snuff-box with hinged compartment inside and containing a small spoon, the engraved hinged cover geometrically engraved, the circular plain pill box with two hinged domed covers revealing two compartments, the scent-box of cartouche shape the hinged cover with the 'Rape of Europa', marked on bodies
4 cm. long and smaller
80 gr. (3)
Mark of Dirk Smits, Amsterdam, circa 1770 (no date-letter), the second mark of J.F. Orthliep, Amsterdam, 1836, the third mark of Anthonie de Hoop, Amsterdam, 1771
The oblong snuff-box with hinged compartment inside and containing a small spoon, the engraved hinged cover geometrically engraved, the circular plain pill box with two hinged domed covers revealing two compartments, the scent-box of cartouche shape the hinged cover with the 'Rape of Europa', marked on bodies
4 cm. long and smaller
80 gr. (3)
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory nos. D324, D475, D585).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 272-273, ill. 843 (left)
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