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MAKER'S MARK OF JACOB ABRAM BARBE, THE HAGUE, 1777
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A fine Dutch silver tobacco box
Maker's mark of Jacob Abram Barbe, The Hague, 1777
Of shaped oblong form, the sides engraved with typical Dutch scenes, and the hinged cover cast and moulded with a figure on horse back and elegant figures flanked by scrolls
13.5 cm. (5.4 in.) wide
marked inside the box
206 gr.
Maker's mark of Jacob Abram Barbe, The Hague, 1777
Of shaped oblong form, the sides engraved with typical Dutch scenes, and the hinged cover cast and moulded with a figure on horse back and elegant figures flanked by scrolls
13.5 cm. (5.4 in.) wide
marked inside the box
206 gr.