A Hamburg silver tobacco box
A Hamburg silver tobacco box
Rectangular bombé-form box with slightly domed cover engraved with a depiction of a lady and gentleman in a rocaille surround. The underside with floral motifs. Gilt interior. H 2.8; W 7.6; D 5.8 cm, weight 98 g.
Marks of Zacharias Benjamin Möller, around 1780.
Provenance
Former Kunsthandel Meinz-Arnold, Hamburg 1979; North German aristocratic property.
Literature
Illus. in Schliemann 1985, no. 729.
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A Hamburg silver tobacco box
Rectangular bombé-form box with slightly domed cover engraved with a depiction of a lady and gentleman in a rocaille surround. The underside with floral motifs. Gilt interior. H 2.8; W 7.6; D 5.8 cm, weight 98 g.
Marks of Zacharias Benjamin Möller, around 1780.
Provenance
Former Kunsthandel Meinz-Arnold, Hamburg 1979; North German aristocratic property.
Literature
Illus. in Schliemann 1985, no. 729.
