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A Dutch silver covered box
Possibly 17th century, marked indistinctly on base and cover

21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

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A Dutch silver covered box

Possibly 17th century, marked indistinctly on base and cover
Of circular form, the cover and sides repoussé in high relief, the pull-off cover depicting a seated female figure and three putti, with buildings and trees depicted in a hillscape, the sides with birds among acanthus leaves over a stippled ground, the underside finely engraved depicting Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, with three camels in the scene, 8.7cm wide, 8.7cm deep, 4.5cm high (3in wide, 3in deep, 1 1/2in high), weight 3.88 troy oz, weight 120.1gms.

Footnotes

Engraving after Merian by J. van Londerseel ('Bijbelse figuren, Danckerts, Amsterdam, nr.17').

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 11 February 1971, lot 176;
The Joseph R. Ritman Collection;
Sotheby's, Geneva, The Jospeh R. Ritman Collection of 16th & 17th Century Silver, 16 May 1995, lot 39;
Joseph M. Morpurgo, Amsterdam, 1996.

Literature
J. W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver, vol IV, The Hague, 1961, no. 208.
A. C. Beeling, Nederlands Zilver 1600-1813, vol III, Leeuwarden, 1986, p. 128-129, ill.

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