18THC BRASS TOBACCO BOX FREDERICK THE GREAT / SOLOMON ' S JUDGEMENT 1760AD
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OFFERED HERE IS A STUNNING 18TH CENTURY ANTIQUE GERMAN BRASS TOBACCO / SNUFF BOX, MADE BY THE FAMOUS JOHANN HEINRICH HAMER OF ISERLOHN, GERMANY, IN CIRCA 1760. THE UPPER LID SHOWS A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT IN RELIEF OF FREDERICK THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA, WITH A CROWNED MONOGRAM 'FR' IN AN OVAL ABOVE, LETTERING AND ARMS BELOW, WITH A SMALLER SCENE OF FREDERICK MOUNTED AND RIDING THROUGH A COUNTRY SETTING AT HIS FEET. THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX DEPICTS THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON, A DETAILED SCENE AGAIN ...IN RELIEF WITH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ALONG THE BOTTOM. THE BOX IS HINGED (WORKING) AND LINED WITH THE ORIGINAL BLUE VELVET. SOME SLIGHT RUBBING, BUT THIS HANDSOME BOX (UNSIGNED, BUT CLEARLY THE WORK OF J. H. HAMER) IS STUNNING, AND IS NOW AN AMAZING 250+ YEARS OLD. THE BOX MEASURES ABOUT 16.25 CMS LONG (ABOUT 6.5 INCHES) BY 4.75 CMS WIDE (ABOUT 1.75 INCHES) BY 3.25 CMS HIGH (ABOUT 1.25 INCHES).
PROVENANCE: BOUGHT AT A FINE ART SALE FROM A LEADING ENGLISH (MIDLANDS) AUCTIONEER.
100% GUARANTEED TO BE GENUINE AND AS DESCRIBED.
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