A Dutch silver-mounted cowry shell snuff-box , MARK OF ADOLF QUACK, THE HAGUE, 1767 | Christie's

Sale 2767

Catalogue I. Dutch and Foreign Silver, Objects of Vertu and Judaica. Catalogue II The Wttewaall Silver Collection

Amsterdam

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10 December 2007

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Lot 239

A Dutch silver-mounted cowry shell snuff-box

MARK OF ADOLF QUACK, THE HAGUE, 1767

Price realised

EUR 2,750

Estimate

EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000

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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).
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Literature

B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, p. 279, ill. 864(left) and 865.

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