A Dutch silver-mounted cowry shell snuff-box
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A Dutch silver-mounted cowry shell snuff-box

MARK OF ADOLF QUACK, THE HAGUE, 1767

Details
A Dutch silver-mounted cowry shell snuff-box
Mark of Adolf Quack, The Hague, 1767
The shell with silver mount and hinged cover decorated with flowers and foliage above shell ornament, marked on inside rim
6.7 cm. long
gross. 54 gr.
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory no. D366).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, p. 279, ill. 864(left) and 865.
Special notice
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