Lot Essay
For comparable iron tobacco boxes see also W. Arenhövel, Iisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, fig. 415.
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LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A German pewter tobacco box
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with foliage and griffins, the canted rectangular lid enclosing a plain interior, on paw feet, three spurious stamps to the underside
17 cm. high x 18,5 cm. wide x 12 cm. deep
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with foliage and griffins, the canted rectangular lid enclosing a plain interior, on paw feet, three spurious stamps to the underside
17 cm. high x 18,5 cm. wide x 12 cm. deep
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