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MAKER'S MARK ONLY, PROBABLY A TREFOIL, UNIDENTIFIED (CITROEN 1069), AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1680
Details
A rare a fine dutch silver tobacco-box
Maker's mark only, probably a trefoil, unidentified (Citroen 1069), Amsterdam, circa 1680
Oval cast box, the reverse with a scene of Apollo and the Muses after a painting of Hans von Aachen, the bombé sides with scrolling foliage and satyr's masks, the box and hinged cover rim inscribed; Het is een doos van der min and Het meissie staat in sijner sin, the cover decorated in high relief with a rustic couple preparing their meal, marked inside box
9.4 cm. long
150 gr.
Maker's mark only, probably a trefoil, unidentified (Citroen 1069), Amsterdam, circa 1680
Oval cast box, the reverse with a scene of Apollo and the Muses after a painting of Hans von Aachen, the bombé sides with scrolling foliage and satyr's masks, the box and hinged cover rim inscribed; Het is een doos van der min and Het meissie staat in sijner sin, the cover decorated in high relief with a rustic couple preparing their meal, marked inside box
9.4 cm. long
150 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D378).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 240-241, ill. 744.
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