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18TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF THREE DUTCH BRASS TOBACCO BOXES
18TH CENTURY
One with scenes from life of Moses including the Israelites receiving manna in the wilderness, angels ascending ladder to heaven, depictions of Moses and Aaron, men blowing horns and Hebrew inscriptions; another with vignettes and Dutch inscriptions and another with vignettes representing Europe and Asia, ships at sea and gentlemen drinking and smoking around a table
First box 6¾ in. long (17 cm.) (3)
18TH CENTURY
One with scenes from life of Moses including the Israelites receiving manna in the wilderness, angels ascending ladder to heaven, depictions of Moses and Aaron, men blowing horns and Hebrew inscriptions; another with vignettes and Dutch inscriptions and another with vignettes representing Europe and Asia, ships at sea and gentlemen drinking and smoking around a table
First box 6¾ in. long (17 cm.) (3)
Provenance
The Dutch box: Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer (1857-1922), by whome brought to Althorp in 1911.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, no. 79
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