APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRISIA, CIRCA 1750

Details

A fine silver-mounted tortoiseshell snuff-box
Apparently unmarked, probably Frisia, circa 1750
Formed by a small Cape tortoiseshell, the silver hinged cover with repoussé dolphin within C-scroll and floral rocaille, mounts decorated ensuite
9 cm. long

Provenance

B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D621).

Literature

B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 241-242, ill. 749.

Special notice

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