A dutch silver musk-box and two dutch silver scent-boxes
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A dutch silver musk-box and two dutch silver scent-boxes

MAKER'S MARK OF JAN SCHOON FROM AMSTERDAM, ALSO STRUCK WITH THE TOWNMARK OF DELFT AND THE LATER DATE-LETTER FOR 1737, CIRCA 1710, THE SECOND, CIRCA 1785, THE THIRD WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY OF NICOLAAS SWALUW, LEEUWARDEN, CIRCA 1795

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A dutch silver musk-box and two dutch silver scent-boxes
Maker's mark of Jan Schoon from Amsterdam, also struck with the townmark of Delft and the later date-letter for 1737, circa 1710, the second, circa 1785, the third with maker's mark only of Nicolaas Swaluw, Leeuwarden, circa 1795
The musk-box circular with hinged cover, the scent-box with lift-off cover and set with two Dutch silver coins, 'zesstuiverstukken', the third shaped as a Dutch commode, the reverse with a circular medallion with skater
4 cm. long
63 gr. (3)
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory nos. D439, D531, D615).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 68-69, ill. 146 and pp. 75, 77, ill. 172.
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