Lot Essay
According B.W.G. Wttewaall these boxes may have been imported from Germany or from the Northern part of the Netherlands which explains the silver being of higher alloy then that generally used by the Dutch.
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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1700
Details
A german or dutch silver scent-box 'muskusdoos'
Apparently unmarked, circa 1700
Shaped circular, on three plain ball feet, the reverse engraved with a foliage band, the lift-cover pierced and engraved with foliage in geometric design
4.1 cm. diam.
15 gr.
Apparently unmarked, circa 1700
Shaped circular, on three plain ball feet, the reverse engraved with a foliage band, the lift-cover pierced and engraved with foliage in geometric design
4.1 cm. diam.
15 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D598).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 68-69, ill. 149 (central box)
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