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MARK OF LUCAS VAN GIFFEN II, GRONINGEN, 1783/84
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A Dutch silver tobacco box and cover
Mark of Lucas van Giffen II, Groningen, 1783/84
Of bombé shape, with shaped lower rim, on acanthus scroll feet, the body engraved with flowers, leaves, garlands and laurel medallions with urns, the slightly tapering lid engraved with two crests and leaves, with floral finial, the base engraved with two coats-of-arms with the inscriptions SPARRINGA and WICHERS, inscribed Edward Baird on his Marriage from Walter Durnford in memory of Eton & Sandhurst 1893, marked on base
13.8 cm. high
570 gr.
Mark of Lucas van Giffen II, Groningen, 1783/84
Of bombé shape, with shaped lower rim, on acanthus scroll feet, the body engraved with flowers, leaves, garlands and laurel medallions with urns, the slightly tapering lid engraved with two crests and leaves, with floral finial, the base engraved with two coats-of-arms with the inscriptions SPARRINGA and WICHERS, inscribed Edward Baird on his Marriage from Walter Durnford in memory of Eton & Sandhurst 1893, marked on base
13.8 cm. high
570 gr.
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue, Groninger zilver, Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1975, no. 225.
J.P. van Rijen, Groninger Keur. Zilver uit Stad en Ommelanden, Groningen, 1997, p. 122, no. 79.
E. Knol, Zilver in Groningen, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2011, p. 105.
J.P. van Rijen, Groninger Keur. Zilver uit Stad en Ommelanden, Groningen, 1997, p. 122, no. 79.
E. Knol, Zilver in Groningen, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2011, p. 105.
Exhibited
Groningen, Groninger Museum, Groninger zilver, April-May 1975, no. 178; Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Vier Eeuwen Nederlands Zilver, 1952, no. 243.
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