The Wellby Collection

Tobacco box

Jacobus Das

silver; engraved

1727 - 1733

12 cm width

Inscription/Mark: a mark identified by M. Wellby as the town mark of Amsterdam (but if so, very poorly struck) (struck inside the base)
Maker's mark: trefoil plant mark, interpreted by M. Wellby as for Jacobus Das (struck inside the base and the lid (2))

Provenance:&Nbsp; :

Place of Creation: Amsterdam

WA2013.1.319

Oval tabacco box, silver, engraved on the hinged lid with a scene probably representing Esau selling his birthright for a mess of pottage. On the base Abraham and the three angelic visitors.

Literature:&Nbsp; :

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.