18TH CENTURY DUTCH LOG IN THE FORM OF A TOBACCO BOX
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18TH CENTURY DUTCH LOG IN THE FORM OF A TOBACCO BOX
Circa 1769
By Pieter Holm (Swedish, fl. 1700-1776). Brass and copper oval box with hinged lid, the outside surface engraved with Pieter Holm's "Zee Meeter". Also engraved on the front with the name of Pieter Holm's navigation school in Amsterdam "Regt Door Zee" (straight-forward). Inside lid bears either the etched number "3", or possibly the letter "E", depending on how it is viewed. Bottom of box with engraved inscription in Dutch, roughly translated to "No riches of knowledge can one lose, Therefore before riches should one choose". Box also engraved with a perpetual calendar on the lid with data to calculate the lunar cycle from the calendar date. The date of the box's manufacture, 1769, appears at lower right. Also inscribed are two roundels bearing likenesses of calendar reformers "Julius Caesar Voor Christi 45" (45 B.C.) and "Pope Gregory 1582".
Box length 7". Width 2".
Provenance:
Tesseract, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, March 2001.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.
Circa 1769
By Pieter Holm (Swedish, fl. 1700-1776). Brass and copper oval box with hinged lid, the outside surface engraved with Pieter Holm's "Zee Meeter". Also engraved on the front with the name of Pieter Holm's navigation school in Amsterdam "Regt Door Zee" (straight-forward). Inside lid bears either the etched number "3", or possibly the letter "E", depending on how it is viewed. Bottom of box with engraved inscription in Dutch, roughly translated to "No riches of knowledge can one lose, Therefore before riches should one choose". Box also engraved with a perpetual calendar on the lid with data to calculate the lunar cycle from the calendar date. The date of the box's manufacture, 1769, appears at lower right. Also inscribed are two roundels bearing likenesses of calendar reformers "Julius Caesar Voor Christi 45" (45 B.C.) and "Pope Gregory 1582".
Box length 7". Width 2".
Provenance:
Tesseract, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, March 2001.
The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.
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18TH CENTURY DUTCH LOG IN THE FORM OF A TOBACCO BOX
Estimate $700 - $1,000
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