Lot Essay
B.W.G. Wttewaall suggests that the box may have been made for a Captain of a fishing boat in Katwijk. He also remarks that the engraving is not by the box maker Vergouw but by a specialed engraver.
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MARK OF J.W. VERGOUW, LEIDEN, 1801
Details
A fine dutch silver tobacco-box
Mark of J.W. Vergouw, Leiden, 1801
Oblong, the reverse engraved with an oval medallion with fishermen in harbour, the hinged cover engraved with sailing vessels and rowing boats with figures at sea, the side inscribed: S:K: Ao 1801, gilt inside, marked on inside rim
13.5 cm. long
202 gr.
Mark of J.W. Vergouw, Leiden, 1801
Oblong, the reverse engraved with an oval medallion with fishermen in harbour, the hinged cover engraved with sailing vessels and rowing boats with figures at sea, the side inscribed: S:K: Ao 1801, gilt inside, marked on inside rim
13.5 cm. long
202 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D213).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 247, 248, ill. 769.
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