A fine dutch silver-mounted and shell snuff-box
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the H… Read more
A fine dutch silver-mounted and shell snuff-box

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1760

Details
A fine dutch silver-mounted and shell snuff-box
Apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1760
The box by a shell (Cypraca tygris), the silver-mounted and the hinged cover decorated with floral scrolls and engraved foliage, plain reeded hinge mount
8.2 cm. long
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D368).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 278-279, 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.

More from Catalogue I. Dutch and Foreign Silver, Objects of Vertu and Judaica. Catalogue II The Wttewaall Silver Collection

View All
View All