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APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY FRISIA, CIRC 1660
Details
An unusual dutch miniature spinet
Apparently unmarked, probably Frisia, circ 1660
Rectangular, with one hinged top cover, engraved inside with a spread Frisian pewit and two bees, revealing the spinet, geometrically engraved hinged front cover
5.2 cm. long
28 gr.
Apparently unmarked, probably Frisia, circ 1660
Rectangular, with one hinged top cover, engraved inside with a spread Frisian pewit and two bees, revealing the spinet, geometrically engraved hinged front cover
5.2 cm. long
28 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. V763).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, p. 368, ill. 1160.
Victor Houart, Miniature Silver Toys, New York, 1981, p. 68, ill. 68.
Victor Houart, Miniature Silver Toys, New York, 1981, p. 68, ill. 68.
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