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MARK OF PHILIPP STENGELIN, AUSBURG, 1717
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A GERMAN SILVER SNUFF-BOX
MARK OF PHILIPP STENGELIN, AUSBURG, 1717
Circular with crimped borders, the revolving cover engraved with shells, strapwork and scrolls on a matted ground and a cartouche shaped opening, with a vignette of a river and ruins engraved within a cartouche which conforms to the opening, the reverse with engraved foliage on a matted ground within a cartouche, marked on the reverse
2½ in. (6 cm.) diam.
3 oz. (78 gr.)
MARK OF PHILIPP STENGELIN, AUSBURG, 1717
Circular with crimped borders, the revolving cover engraved with shells, strapwork and scrolls on a matted ground and a cartouche shaped opening, with a vignette of a river and ruins engraved within a cartouche which conforms to the opening, the reverse with engraved foliage on a matted ground within a cartouche, marked on the reverse
2½ in. (6 cm.) diam.
3 oz. (78 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Geneva, 18 May 1998, lot 66
Literature
L. Morton, editor, Silver at Partridge, Recent Acquisitions, London, November 1998, p. 16, no. 8
Special notice
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