Sale 2397
Amsterdam
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24 November 1998
Price realised
NLG 1,153
Estimate
A brass and copper tobacco box depicting the Emperor Frederic of Prussia Apparently unmarked, Germany, circa 1750, stamped Johann Heinrich Giese Of oblong form, with reeded mounts, the cover depicting the Emperor Frederic of Prussia in full lenght, a cartouche below inscribed: Fridericus Magnus Burussorum Rex and a hand from heaven holding a laurel wreath above his head 16cm. (6.1/8in.) wide marked on the cover
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