A DUTCH ORANGIST TOBACCO BOX
A DUTCH ORANGIST TOBACCO BOX

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details
A DUTCH ORANGIST TOBACCO BOX
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The lid engraved with the portraits of stadholder William V and his wife Wilhelmina of Prussia, the base engraved with an Orangist verse
15.5 cm. wide
Together with a parcel-silvered copper tobacco box for the St Eloy smith's guild of Amsterdam, circa 1800 - 16.5 cm. wide; and an English brass tobacco box with combination lock to the lid, circa 1800 - 17.5 cm. wide (3)
Literature
Part of this lot is illustrated in G.A. Brongers, Van gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp, Amerongen, 1978, p. 70

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