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MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, POSSIBLY THAT OF P. VAN SOMERWIL I, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1720, MARK OF A. ROOSWINKEL, LEEUWARDEN, 1807-1809, UNIDENTIFIED MAKER, MIDDELBURG, CIRCA 1730, THE FOURTH MARK OF JACOB ABRAHAM BARBE, THE HAGUE, 1767
Details
Three various dutch silver scent-boxes and a boite-a-mouches
Maker's mark indistinct, possibly that of P. van Somerwil I, Amsterdam, circa 1720, Mark of A. Rooswinkel, Leeuwarden, 1807-1809, unidentified maker, Middelburg, circa 1730, the fourth mark of Jacob Abraham Barbe, The Hague, 1767
The first oval with lift-off cover decorated with elegant figures in garden, the second with symbolic figures, the hinged cover with a swan, the third, circular decorated with dancing figures in medieval costume, the fourth cartouche-shaped and with various birds, marked on bodies
4.3 cm. long
72 gr. (4)
Maker's mark indistinct, possibly that of P. van Somerwil I, Amsterdam, circa 1720, Mark of A. Rooswinkel, Leeuwarden, 1807-1809, unidentified maker, Middelburg, circa 1730, the fourth mark of Jacob Abraham Barbe, The Hague, 1767
The first oval with lift-off cover decorated with elegant figures in garden, the second with symbolic figures, the hinged cover with a swan, the third, circular decorated with dancing figures in medieval costume, the fourth cartouche-shaped and with various birds, marked on bodies
4.3 cm. long
72 gr. (4)
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory nos. D218, D271, D452, D468).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, p. 88, ill. 221 and pp. 72-73, ill. 157, 163.
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