Two Danish silver and coloured glass-set snuff boxes , MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY LORENZ PETER HELT, THISED, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 2375

Silver, Judaica, Russian Works of Art and `Objects of Vertu`

Amsterdam

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26 May 1998

Browse Sale

Lot 298

Two Danish silver and coloured glass-set snuff boxes

MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY LORENZ PETER HELT, THISED, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Price realised

NLG 3,460

Estimate

NLG 3,000 - NLG 5,000

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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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