A SILVER MARRIAGE CASKET "KNOTTE-KISTJE"

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A SILVER MARRIAGE CASKET "KNOTTE-KISTJE"
Friesland, maker's mark unidentified (Voet 903), circa 1680

Trunk-shaped, on four spreading ball and claw feet, the rectangular body and cover pierced and decorated with raised naturalistic flowers and foliage, and with hinged handle - 9.5cm wide (160gr)

Lot Essay

cf.Antiek, 3rd year, no 10, 1969, page 564
Antiek, 4th year, no 2, 1969, page 103
Antiek, 4th year, no 8, 1970, page 436
Sale, Sotheby's Geneva, European silver,
11 November, 1986, lot 122
Sale, Christie's Amsterdam, Dutch and foreign silver,
27 May 1992, lot 1249, for similar marriage caskets

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