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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.
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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