Lot Essay
A virtually identical lid is illustrated in KAISERLICHES GOLD UND SILBER, catalogue number 175.
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ISERLOHN, JOHANN HEINRICH GIESE, CIRCA 1766
Details
A German brass tobacco box
Iserlohn, Johann Heinrich Giese, circa 1766
The lid centred by a three-quarter length portrait of Frederick the Great and signed IOH HENN ..... FECIT 1766 the base depicting the battle of Torgau
14.5cm. wide
See illustration
Iserlohn, Johann Heinrich Giese, circa 1766
The lid centred by a three-quarter length portrait of Frederick the Great and signed IOH HENN ..... FECIT 1766 the base depicting the battle of Torgau
14.5cm. wide
See illustration
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