Fine Dutch Antique Engraved Copper Tobacco Box of Rectangular Form. SOLD

The rectangular copper tobacco box with hinged lid engraved on the top with a bible scene of the Old Testament, Genesis 27, were Isaac blesses his second son instead of his first son Esau and the Dutch text: 

Jacob wert geseegent. Jacob was blessed 

Surrounded with floral swags and a male and female head in a circle. (Isaac & Rebecca). The bottom en suite with a scene from Genesis 25 : 29-34 and the text:

Esau verkoopt  sijn erste reght.  Esau sells his first right. 

The Netherlands, 

About 1720.

Height:   3,5 cm.  (1,4 inches.)

Length: 12,5 cm. (4,9 inches.)

Width:     5,3 cm. (2,1 inches.)

Weight: 160 grams.