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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY SCHOONHOVEN, CIRCA 1790
Details
A dutch silver-mounted and shell snuff-box
Apparently unmarked, possibly Schoonhoven, circa 1790
Formed by two polished mussel shells, reeded silver mounts, hinged silver cover with the portrait medallion of Prince Willem V of Orange, flanked by two orange trees
7.5 cm. long
Apparently unmarked, possibly Schoonhoven, circa 1790
Formed by two polished mussel shells, reeded silver mounts, hinged silver cover with the portrait medallion of Prince Willem V of Orange, flanked by two orange trees
7.5 cm. long
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D492).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, p. 279, ill. 863 (right).
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