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LOT 2142
Silver-Gilt Tobacco Box with Drunken Man
NETHERLANDS OR GERMANY, 18TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (173 grams, 10.8 cm wide).
Discoid container with repoussé panel to the lid depicting a landscape with flowers, a beer-barrel and a standing figure in 17th century costume holding a purse in one hand and a goblet in the other.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 2142
Silver-Gilt Tobacco Box with Drunken Man
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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