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MAKER'S MARK OF B.J. BENNEMA, WINSCHOTEN, 1812/1813 AND MARKED WITH FRENCH OCCUPATION MARKS
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A Dutch silver tobacco box
Maker's mark of B.J. Bennema, Winschoten, 1812/1813 and marked with French Occupation marks
Of rounded oblong form, the hinged cover finely-engraved with a city-scape of Amsterdam, numerous sailing ships in the foreground, with legend: Amsterdam uyt het IJ aan te Zee, the box also engraved with floral and foliate friezes, the base with a floral spray
11cm wide
(176gr.)
Maker's mark of B.J. Bennema, Winschoten, 1812/1813 and marked with French Occupation marks
Of rounded oblong form, the hinged cover finely-engraved with a city-scape of Amsterdam, numerous sailing ships in the foreground, with legend: Amsterdam uyt het IJ aan te Zee, the box also engraved with floral and foliate friezes, the base with a floral spray
11cm wide
(176gr.)