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Lot 209
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Unmarked a rare German silver gentleman's compendium

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver
  • 7.8cm, 3in wide
in the form of a snuff box with integral timepeice and detachble base to form a beaker,  timepiece inscribed VM London and UM London, gilt interior

Literature

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 160 where the compendium is ascribed to Schwäbisch Gmünd