Lot Essay
The later inscription records the gift of this pot to a one-year-old child in 1791.
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MARK OF JACOBUS RENSING, AMSTERDAM, 1766
Details
A Dutch silver tobacco-pot
Mark of Jacobus Rensing, Amsterdam, 1766
Oblong, on scroll flower feet with openwork foliage between, the bombé body engraved with panels of festooned scrolling foliage, one panel engraved ''S.B.C.' and 'Out 1 Jaar 1791', with conforming engraved domed cover and applied naturalistic flower finial, marked on base
24 cm. (5 1/8 in.) long
664 gr. (21 oz.)
Mark of Jacobus Rensing, Amsterdam, 1766
Oblong, on scroll flower feet with openwork foliage between, the bombé body engraved with panels of festooned scrolling foliage, one panel engraved ''S.B.C.' and 'Out 1 Jaar 1791', with conforming engraved domed cover and applied naturalistic flower finial, marked on base
24 cm. (5 1/8 in.) long
664 gr. (21 oz.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 November 1998, lot 416 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-138).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-138).
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