Sale 2375
Amsterdam
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26 May 1998
Price realised
NLG 3,460
Estimate
Two Danish silver and coloured glass-set snuff boxes Maker's mark possibly Lorenz Peter Helt, Thised, early 19th Century The first of vase shape and set with coloured glass stones and the second shaped as a fish with coloured glass-set eyes 10cm. (3.7/8in.) wide fish marked at the mounts 90gr. gross (2)
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Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife