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MARK OF FREDERIK MINCKE, ARENDAL, CIRCA 1780
Details
A Norwegian silver and silver-gilt snuff-box
Mark of Frederik Mincke, Arendal, circa 1780
Vase shaped, chased on each side with a figure within scrolling foliage and shells against matted ground, the hinged cover with bird finial, the base with a snuff compartment, pricked ASDG, marked inside second compartment, below Dutch legal silver standard
7.8 cm. high
28 gr.
Mark of Frederik Mincke, Arendal, circa 1780
Vase shaped, chased on each side with a figure within scrolling foliage and shells against matted ground, the hinged cover with bird finial, the base with a snuff compartment, pricked ASDG, marked inside second compartment, below Dutch legal silver standard
7.8 cm. high
28 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.