A SILVER MARRIAGE CASKET "KNOTTEKISTJE"

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A SILVER MARRIAGE CASKET "KNOTTEKISTJE"
Leeuwarden, maker's mark only for Jacobus Jongsma (Voet 451),
circa 1720

On four plain ball feet, the body finely engraved with various elegant figures in landscapes symbolising marriage, within floral C-scrolls, the rims decorated with gadrooned bands, and with cherub shaped thumb-piece, the cover with swing handle - 8cm (130gr)

Lot Essay

cf. sale Christie's Amsterdam, 8 October, 1986, lot 142 and lot 143, sale Christie's Amsterdam, 1 June, 1989, lot 972
sale Christie's Amsterdam, 30 November, 1989, lot 856,
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