(4) Continental Silver Miniature Furniture & Violin Shaped Boxes

Lot description

(lot of 4) Continental silver miniature furniture and violin-shaped boxes, 19th c., varied makers, each decorated with figural scenes and repousse foliate scrollwork, including: (2) Dutch .835 silver boxes, each with C date letter, (one) in the form of a drop-leaf table, with pierced and hinged top, closed: approx 2.25"h, 2.5"w, 1.5"d; (one) in the form of a bureau, approx 4"h, 2.5"w, 1.5"d; (1) Dutch .930 silver box, Herbert Hooikaas, in the form of a drop-leaf table, with pierced and hinged top, closed: approx 2.25"h, 2.5"w, 1.5"d; (1) German .800 silver violin-shaped box, Storck and Sinsheimer, Hanau, with double-struck French import weevil mark and stamped maker's mark, loss to two tuning pegs and lower strings, approx 6 3/8"l, 6.25"w, 1 5/8"d; 13.50ozt