Engraved Brass Box with Brass Dog Collar
Dutch, probably 17th century, brass tobacco box with engraved figure of "Samson", 3-1/2 in.; together with British 18th/early 19th century dog collar, with lock, leather band interior, stamped "JW" within square cartouche, 3-1/8 in. ˜Note: Dutch brass box said to be found in the Thames, see page 82 in Ivor Noel Hume's In Search of This and That, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Williamsburg, 1996Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition Report: box with broken hinge lid, solder repair, minor dents and corrosion, wear to interior leather and corrosion to collar
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Dutch, probably 17th century, brass tobacco box with engraved figure of "Samson", 3-1/2 in.; together with British 18th/early 19th century dog collar, with lock, leather band interior, stamped "JW" within square cartouche, 3-1/8 in. ˜Note: Dutch brass box said to be found in the Thames, see page 82 in Ivor Noel Hume's In Search of This and That, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Williamsburg, 1996Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition Report: box with broken hinge lid, solder repair, minor dents and corrosion, wear to interior leather and corrosion to collar