Lot 201
  • 201

boîte en argent par Jørgen Nielsen Lind, Copenhague, 1742

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • boîte en argent par Jørgen Nielsen Lind, Copenhague, 1742
  • silver. mother of pearl
  • Larg. 12,5 cm, 4 3/4 in
le couvercle à charnière orné d'un panneau en nacre, des amoureux dans un paysage boisé, signé I.B:F, le corps et la couvercle gravé de figures et ornements Régence, inscrits Twee Herten eens. in rechte Min /Dat Brengt Gewiste Vrientschap in

hinged cover inset with mother-of-pearl carved plaque of lovers in a wooded landscape and signed I.B:F, body and cover with engraved figures and regence ornament, inscribed
Twee Herten eens. in rechte Min /Dat Brengt Gewiste Vrientschap in.



Condition

Some wera to highlights of the mother of pearl, general condition of the silver is very good, marks are clear and engraving still pretty crisp
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Catalogue Note

la signature IB est tres probablement celle du graveur sur nacre Jan Berhard Barkhuysen (1710-1760)


The IB signature is most probably for the Netherlandish mother of pearl carver Jan Berhard Barkhuysen (1710-1760).