Lot Essay
See Boreel, fig. 31 for a related box in the Rijksmuseum; also Lavino, illus. p. 156.
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CIRCA 1740
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A DUTCH DELFT DORE TOBACCO BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1740
Of moulded circular form with conforming cover and tall knop finial, both painted with two variant vignettes of tobacco merchants in discussion with both open and closed sacks of their goods separated by cartouches of flowers on a seeded ground
5 7/8 in. (16 cm.) diameter (2)
CIRCA 1740
Of moulded circular form with conforming cover and tall knop finial, both painted with two variant vignettes of tobacco merchants in discussion with both open and closed sacks of their goods separated by cartouches of flowers on a seeded ground
5 7/8 in. (16 cm.) diameter (2)