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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1790
Details
A Dutch silver 'Patriotten' scent-box
Apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1790
Shaped, the reverse with tree 'meiboom', a dog 'keeshond', inscribed IK TRIUMPHEER, the sides with symbolizing figures of 'Hope', 'Justice', 'Faith' and 'Fortune', the hinged cover with the French cockerel, a bunch of arrows surmounted by an axe and a tree topped by a hat 'vrijheidshoed', inscribed Vrijheid Gelijkheid en Broederschap
3.2 cm. high
15 gr.
Apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1790
Shaped, the reverse with tree 'meiboom', a dog 'keeshond', inscribed IK TRIUMPHEER, the sides with symbolizing figures of 'Hope', 'Justice', 'Faith' and 'Fortune', the hinged cover with the French cockerel, a bunch of arrows surmounted by an axe and a tree topped by a hat 'vrijheidshoed', inscribed Vrijheid Gelijkheid en Broederschap
3.2 cm. high
15 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D171).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp.
75-76, ill. 170.
75-76, ill. 170.
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