Lot Essay
According to B.W.G. Wttewaall this is the earliest Dutch sealing wax case recorded by him (see B.W.G. Wttewaall, op cit.).
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MARK OF JACOB GIRARDIJN, AMSTERDAM, 1786 AND MARK OF HENDRIK ROELOFSEN JR., MIDDELBURG, 1791
Details
A fine dutch silver sealing wax case and dutch silver snuff box
Mark of Jacob Girardijn, Amsterdam, 1786 and mark of Hendrik Roelofsen jr., Middelburg, 1791
Plain circular box with plain lift-off cover, the snuff box, book-shaped, the base and hinged cover engraved with classical vase in garland and ribbon medallion, marked on bodies
6.8 cm. long
122 gr. (2)
Mark of Jacob Girardijn, Amsterdam, 1786 and mark of Hendrik Roelofsen jr., Middelburg, 1791
Plain circular box with plain lift-off cover, the snuff box, book-shaped, the base and hinged cover engraved with classical vase in garland and ribbon medallion, marked on bodies
6.8 cm. long
122 gr. (2)
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory nos. D196, D512).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 274-275, ill. 851 (right) and pp. 322-323, ill. 990.
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