Candy box, The elongated octagonal box has two ears with hinged handles. The base is made up of a scalloped, curved, rejuvenating section, resting on a low base, and a smooth, constricted section that forms the connection to the vessel, which is again scalloped. The wall of the vessel is first convex and then concave. The convex part has an engraved decoration of flower bells and volutes on scalloped, roughened fields. The hollow part has a sawn-out decoration of symmetrical patterns, built up from volutes, fan shapes and other elements. Both the engraved and the sawn-out decorations are
Candy box, The elongated octagonal box has two ears with hinged handles. The base is made up of a scalloped, curved, rejuvenating section, resting on a low base, and a smooth, constricted section that forms the connection to the vessel, which is again scalloped. The wall of the vessel is first convex and then concave. The convex part has an engraved decoration of flower bells and volutes on scalloped, roughened fields. The hollow part has a sawn-out decoration of symmetrical patterns, built up from volutes, fan shapes and other elements. Both the engraved and the sawn-out decorations are always the same on both long sides, on both short sides and on the four sides on the corners. The outer edge has an imposed, cast ornamentation of volutes, interrupted in the middle of each of the four sides by an inwardly curving leaf motif. The ears and the hanging handles, all cast, are made up of volutes with curling lips, ornament derived from plant forms, Gerrit Boverhof (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1746, silver (metal), h cm × w cm × d cm
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