MARK OF CASPAR JOHANN KNOPF, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1720

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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
MARK OF CASPAR JOHANN KNOPF, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1720
Oval, the sides engraved with four cartouches, each with inscribed cartouches of Cupid within foliage latticework, the detachable cover engraved with hunting scenes surrounding an enamel scene of David and Bathsheba, marked underneath
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
gross weight 4 oz. (125 gr.)

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Lot Essay

A very similar box, also with an enamel plaque set into the detachable cover and with engraved scenes on the side, by G. Boden is illustrated by G. Spies, Braunschweiger Goldschmiede, Munich, 1996, vol. III, p. 100, pl. 262a and 262b.

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