ISERLOHN, JOHANN HEINRICH HAMER, AFTER 1762

Details

A German brass tobacco box
Iserlohn, Johann Heinrich Hamer, after 1762
The lid decorated with the coats of arms of Russia, Prussia and Sweden, and inscribed I.H.HAMER FECIT, the base depicting Peter III of Russia, Frederick II of Prussia and Adolf Fredrick of Sweden, beneath the inscription EWIGER FRIEDE ZWISCHEN RUSLAND PREUSSEN U. SCHWEDEN and signed I.H.HAMER FECIT ISERLOHN
15.5cm. wide
See illustration

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Lot Essay

Towards the end of the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) in 1762 Tsar Peter III succeeded Empress Elizabeth of Russia. Peter was a great admirer of Prussia and immediately ceased hostilities with that country, he also effected a peace between Sweden and Prussia.

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