Live Auction 2845The Decorative Arts Sale
Lot 67

A Dutch silver snuff box and cover

MARK OF JAN BRAVERT, AMSTERDAM, 1718-1719

Closed24 March 2010

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EUR 9,375

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A Dutch silver snuff box and cover
Mark of Jan Bravert, Amsterdam, 1718-1719
Oval, the reverse chased with a scene of a lady and a gentleman and two putti, the bombé sides with scrolling foliage and satyr's masks, the cover chased with a rustic couple preparing their meal, marked on cover and base
9.5 cm. wide
144 gr.

Specialist note

A box with the same decoration but inscribed with the text 'Het is een doosje van der min Het meissie staat in sijner sin' on the cover and on the rim, is illustrated in B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands klein zilver en schapwerk 1650-1880, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 214-215.