Lot Essay
Ivory plaques were ordered via the V.O.C. (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in China. Pieter de Koo was a box specialist inset with ivory or mother-of-pearl plaques.
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MARK OF PIETER DE KOO, AMSTERDAM, 1749
Details
An unusual silver and ivory tobacco-box
Mark of Pieter de Koo, Amsterdam, 1749
Shaped rectangular with plain sides and reeded bands, the hinged cover with ivory plaque carved with a Chinese rustic scene within Greek key band, marked on upper rim
11 cm. long
gross 122 gr.
Mark of Pieter de Koo, Amsterdam, 1749
Shaped rectangular with plain sides and reeded bands, the hinged cover with ivory plaque carved with a Chinese rustic scene within Greek key band, marked on upper rim
11 cm. long
gross 122 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D336).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 243-244, ill. 754.
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