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MARK OF LEENDERT BEEKHUIS, AMSTERDAM, 1736
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A magnificent dutch silver tobacco-box
Mark of Leendert Beekhuis, Amsterdam, 1736
Oblong with shaped ends, the reverse finely engraved with figures symbolizing 'Hope', 'Faith' and 'Charity', inscribed below: Door Hoop Geloof en Liefde kragtig . Is mijn Geluk In Godt Almagtig Want buyten dat ist dat anders niet . Dan kwelling, within a band of scrolling foliage, the sides engraved with huntsmen and dogs, the hinged cover with three scenes from the baker's guild, kneading, baking and selling, inscribed below: Ick Werk altijd . Met groote Vlijd . Die mijn benijd . Verslijd sijn tijd . Met Ongerust gemoet . Wat kan men wenschen Als zeegen Van den Heer . En Gunste van den Menschen, within a band of scrolling foliage and four oval medallions each with reclining figure, marked inside box
12.2 cm. long
186 gr.
Mark of Leendert Beekhuis, Amsterdam, 1736
Oblong with shaped ends, the reverse finely engraved with figures symbolizing 'Hope', 'Faith' and 'Charity', inscribed below: Door Hoop Geloof en Liefde kragtig . Is mijn Geluk In Godt Almagtig Want buyten dat ist dat anders niet . Dan kwelling, within a band of scrolling foliage, the sides engraved with huntsmen and dogs, the hinged cover with three scenes from the baker's guild, kneading, baking and selling, inscribed below: Ick Werk altijd . Met groote Vlijd . Die mijn benijd . Verslijd sijn tijd . Met Ongerust gemoet . Wat kan men wenschen Als zeegen Van den Heer . En Gunste van den Menschen, within a band of scrolling foliage and four oval medallions each with reclining figure, marked inside box
12.2 cm. long
186 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D599).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 243-244, ill. 755.
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