Auction 75 Antiques & Works of Art

391

A tobacco box

Johan Adolph Keppelman (b. XVIII)


Estimate

800 - 1.500


Session 2

15 March 2018



Description

Brass
Decorated in relief, one side with portrait of Frederick II of Prussia with latin inscription "HEROS SECULI
DEFENSOR GERMANIAE PROTECTOR PATRIAE ET RELIGIONIS/
FREDERICUS MAGNUS BORUSSORUM REX/DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM", the other side with two medallions depicting Lisbon before and after the great earthquake (1755)
Signed
Germany, second half of the 18th century

Length: 14 cm


Category

Objects


Additional Information

Similar pieces at the Met Museum



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