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MARK OF LEENDERT BEEKHUYSEN, AMSTERDAM, 1762, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK OF 1814-1953
Details
A Dutch silver tobacco-box
Mark of Leendert Beekhuysen, Amsterdam, 1762, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1814-1953
Oblong with shaped ends, the cover engraved with a scene of Amsterdam from the port with numerous ships, the base with a port view of Rotterdam, the sides engraved with a band of scrolling foliage, the interior of the cover pricked P J D B oer Ao 1 7 2 2, marked on interior base
13.5 cm. (5¼ in.) long
204 gr. (6 oz.)
Mark of Leendert Beekhuysen, Amsterdam, 1762, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1814-1953
Oblong with shaped ends, the cover engraved with a scene of Amsterdam from the port with numerous ships, the base with a port view of Rotterdam, the sides engraved with a band of scrolling foliage, the interior of the cover pricked P J D B oer Ao 1 7 2 2, marked on interior base
13.5 cm. (5¼ in.) long
204 gr. (6 oz.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 28-29 October 1975, lot 36 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-13).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-13).
Literature
Catalogue of the exhibition, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr. A.C.R. Dreesmann, Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, 17 October 26 December 1982, p. 68, no. 39.
Exhibited
Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr. A.C.R. Dreesmann, 17 October 26 December 1982, no. 39.
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