GERMAN TOBACCO BOX FOR THE DUTCH MARKET 1760

$275.00
This 18th century brass and copper tobacco box has a repoussé top and bottom, the designs depicting Frederick the Great in battle. The reverse is decorated in seven identified siege and battle scenes. It was made by Johann Heinrich Giese (1716-1761), Iserlohn, Germany, Ca 1760. Giese was granted sole manufacturing rights of such stamped brass panels by Frederick the Great in 1755. Iserlohn tobacco boxes were manufactured both for local market as well as for the large Dutch market. Lid with short corner cracks. Lid and base with neat internal solder repairs.
Item ID: B5732

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GERMAN TOBACCO BOX FOR THE DUTCH MARKET 1760

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