Lot Essay
cf. van Dijk, R.F., Catalogue "Gorcums Zilver"' Museum "Dit is in Bethlehem", Gorinchem, 1992, Page 108, example K20, for a similar purse mount by the same maker
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A PURSE MOUNT AND A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED SCISSORS
both 18th Century, the first by Gijsbert Metman, Gorkum, circa 1765
The purse mount engraved with exotic birds and foliage, with a green plush bag and later belt clip pierced with a heart and engraved with a flower head and with foliage; and the steel scissors with floral and foliate-decorated handles with attached chain (2)
both 18th Century, the first by Gijsbert Metman, Gorkum, circa 1765
The purse mount engraved with exotic birds and foliage, with a green plush bag and later belt clip pierced with a heart and engraved with a flower head and with foliage; and the steel scissors with floral and foliate-decorated handles with attached chain (2)