Lot Essay
A related tobacco box was sold at Christie's South Kensington on 27 June 2001, lot 33.
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18TH CENTURY
Details
A Dutch brass tobacco-box
18th Century
Of oval form the double lidded and double hinged openings, engraved overall, the front engraved with a scene depicting people fleeing a burning town, inscribed de liefden en tiranny, the back engraved with Alexander meeting Diogenes, the interior panels engraved with scenes and inscrptions pertaining to wedded life
3.5cm. high x 11cm. wide x 9cm. deep
18th Century
Of oval form the double lidded and double hinged openings, engraved overall, the front engraved with a scene depicting people fleeing a burning town, inscribed de liefden en tiranny, the back engraved with Alexander meeting Diogenes, the interior panels engraved with scenes and inscrptions pertaining to wedded life
3.5cm. high x 11cm. wide x 9cm. deep
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