The Rococo tobacco jar with domed cover and gold painted finial and decratin on the base. Marked on the bottom with the X and 4-mark with NK & Engels Gepolijst Hart Tin for:
Nicolaas Kraan - Amsterdam,
Married in Amsterdam in 1722.
Literature:
Caster mark: DUBBE, page 329 & fig 204c.
For similar piece see: National Types of Old Pewter- Cotterell, page 135,
The Netherlands - Amsterdam,
about 1750.
Period: Louis Fifteen.
Height: 17 cm. (6,7 inches.)
Width: 16 cm. (6,3 inches.)
Depth: 11 cm. (4,3 inches.)
Weight: 765 grams