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MARK OF PEDER CHRISTIANSEN BEYER, BERGEN, DATED 1789
Details
A Norwegian silver and silver-gilt scent box
Mark of Peder Christiansen Beyer, Bergen, dated 1789
Scroll shaped, engraved with flowers, foliate and scrolls, hinged cover with putto finial, the reverse with a snuff compartment, later engraved with an English crest of a fleur-de-lys and pricked J.J.P.F. 1789, marked inside second compartment
5.7 cm. high
46 gr.
Mark of Peder Christiansen Beyer, Bergen, dated 1789
Scroll shaped, engraved with flowers, foliate and scrolls, hinged cover with putto finial, the reverse with a snuff compartment, later engraved with an English crest of a fleur-de-lys and pricked J.J.P.F. 1789, marked inside second compartment
5.7 cm. high
46 gr.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1991, lot 131 (one of two).
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.