A fine Dutch silver tobacco box

MAKER'S MARK OF JACOB VAN NIEUWCASTEEL, UTRECHT, 1806

细节

A fine Dutch silver tobacco box
Maker's mark of Jacob van Nieuwcasteel, Utrecht, 1806
Of boat-shape on plain foot rim, the body and cover with beaded bands, the stepped and domed high-rised cover surmounted by bud finial
14.5cm. wide
marked on reverse
532gr.

拍品专文

A virtual identical tobacco-pot by Hendrik Smits made in 1800 in Amsterdam is illustrated in A.L. den Blaauwen, Nederlands zilver 1580-1830, The Hague, 1979, no. 155.

See illustration