Antique Dutch 18th Century Engraved Brass Oval Tobacco Box

The oval brass tobacco box with hinged lid engraved on the top and bottom with engravings. in two circles. surrounded with floral swags. The top with a woman sitting on the pub table, the other wit a fisherman and a trade sailingvessel and the text in Dutch: Jung meat  -  and fresh fish.  The Bottom engraved with a love couple on the pub table , the other with a man smoking his clay pipe. and the text in Dutch: A pretty girl  - and wine on the table.

The Netherlands,
About 1730.

Height:   3,7 cm. (1,5 inches.)
Length: 13 cm.   (5,1 inches.)
Width:    7 cm.    (2,8 inches.)
Weight: 153 grams.