A BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR TIN SNUFF BOX, the hinged lid painted with a portrait of Mr. F. van de Poll, sitting on the Chair of the City of Amsterdam, the inside of the box gilt lacquered, the lid marked in black Mr. F. van de Poll, the bottom numbered 193 and marked Stobwasser's Fabrik in Braunschweig, first half 19th Century

Details

A BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR TIN SNUFF BOX, the hinged lid painted with a portrait of Mr. F. van de Poll, sitting on the Chair of the City of Amsterdam, the inside of the box gilt lacquered, the lid marked in black Mr. F. van de Poll, the bottom numbered 193 and marked Stobwasser's Fabrik in Braunschweig, first half 19th Century
2.1 cm high x 12.2 cm wide x 8 cm deep

Lot Essay

According to an engraving in the Iconografische Atlas Gemeente Utrecht. Mr. Frederik van de Poll (1780 - 1855) had the following career: 1802-1812 Solicitor's firm in Amsterdam, 1813-1828 Government Tax and Tweede Kamer, 1828-1836 Burgomaster of Amsterdam (dismissed after tax revolt), 1836-1838 Member of County Aldermen (Gedeputeerde Staten) of Noord Holland, 1838-1840 Tweede Kamer (Reclamation Haarlemmermeer), 1840-1850 Queen's Commissioner of the province Utrecht (dismissed through Thorbecke)
The engraving also mentions a Stobwasser tobacco box painted between 1828 and 1836

See illustration

More from Furniture, Clocks, Sculpture and Works of Art

View All