A CONTINENTAL SILVER TOBACCO RASP
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A CONTINENTAL SILVER TOBACCO RASP

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1660, POSSIBLY DUTCH

细节
A CONTINENTAL SILVER TOBACCO RASP
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1660, POSSIBLY DUTCH
Cartouche shaped, the hinged cover decorated with a grotesque mask being attacked by an eagle with out-stretched wings within an auricular border, the back cast and chased with a snake enclosing a hand and with foliage and scalework, prick engraved 'COGNOISANTIA', the interior with two covers, one applied with scrolls, the screw on stopper modelled as a tassel, later engraved inside with a scratchweight '4=5'
3½ in. (9 cm.) long
gross weight 4 oz. (128 gr.)
来源
A Gentleman; Sotheby's London, 25 October 1973, lot 450 to Premsela and Hamburger
出版
V. Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, London, 1986, p. 111, pl. 328.
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

For a brush with similar decoration, dated 1665 by the unknown small worker referred to as the 'monogrammist M' see J. W. Fredericks Dutch Silver, The Hague, 1952, pl. 126.