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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1760
Details
A fine dutch silver and shell snuff-box
Apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1760
The egg shaped pale brown and lilac shell (Olivia perphyria) with moulded hinged silver mounts and engraved with stylised leaf ornament
8.5 cm. long
Apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1760
The egg shaped pale brown and lilac shell (Olivia perphyria) with moulded hinged silver mounts and engraved with stylised leaf ornament
8.5 cm. long
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D367).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, p. 279, ill. 862 and 863.
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.