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NORTH GERMAN OR DANISH, MID-17TH CENTURY, UNMARKED EXCEPT FOR LATER AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
Details
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT BOX
NORTH GERMAN OR DANISH, MID-17TH CENTURY, UNMARKED EXCEPT FOR LATER AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
Circular, the body engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, the detachable cover with accolé coats-of-arms within wreath, and inscription "DITLOF SEHESTEDT F. MARGRETA SEHESTEDT", the interior with engraved inscription dated 1816
7 cm. (2¾ in.) diam
105 gr. (3 oz.)
The coats-of-arms are those of the Danish families Sehestedt and of von Qualen
NORTH GERMAN OR DANISH, MID-17TH CENTURY, UNMARKED EXCEPT FOR LATER AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
Circular, the body engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, the detachable cover with accolé coats-of-arms within wreath, and inscription "DITLOF SEHESTEDT F. MARGRETA SEHESTEDT", the interior with engraved inscription dated 1816
7 cm. (2¾ in.) diam
105 gr. (3 oz.)
The coats-of-arms are those of the Danish families Sehestedt and of von Qualen
Provenance
From the collection of Geheimrat Josef Pinkus, inventory nr 8940