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MAKER'S MARK OF LUCAS CLATERBOS, AMSTERDAM, 1744
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A Dutch silver tobacco pot with cover
Maker's mark of Lucas Claterbos, Amsterdam, 1744
On four moulded foliate and scroll supports, the stepped rim rising to a square-shaped body with rounded angles and shaped into four panels, over-all engraved with lambrequins, typical Louis Quatorze foliate motifs, shells, draperies and tassels, the conforming cover stepped and high domed centred by a pine-apple finial moulded with shells
16cm. (6.1/4in.) high
marked underneath
516gr. (2)
Maker's mark of Lucas Claterbos, Amsterdam, 1744
On four moulded foliate and scroll supports, the stepped rim rising to a square-shaped body with rounded angles and shaped into four panels, over-all engraved with lambrequins, typical Louis Quatorze foliate motifs, shells, draperies and tassels, the conforming cover stepped and high domed centred by a pine-apple finial moulded with shells
16cm. (6.1/4in.) high
marked underneath
516gr. (2)