Antieke 18e Eeuwse Geelkoperen Tabaksdoos. VERKOCHT

Finely engraved oval with hinged double lid body with on the top
Moses Wert van Pharaos dochter gevonden -  Moses was found by the daughter of the Pharaoh
(Exodus 2 : 5 =  Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it)
The bottom engraved with: 
Waer dat Men liefd en trou Versmaet  -  daer is het lant in quade staet.  -  Where one love and faith despise, there is the country in evil state
Surrounded with finely animal foliate strapwork and medaillon decorated borders and and side. The inside and both sides of enclosed inner cover engraved with:
Niet Soeter Vint men Inden Trou Als Liefden tussen Man en Vrou -  Not sweeter one finds in faithfulness as love between man and woman. 
& Susanna Wert tot Onkuyshijt Versogt.  Susanna was requested to impurity ( by the elders)

(Daniel 13: 1 – 64    A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her house, they accost her, threatening to claim that she was meeting a young man in the garden unless she agrees to have sex with them. ( = Deuterocanonieke boeken / apocryphal.)
Apsalom Wert van Ioab Doorsteken - Absalom was pierced by Joab
( 2 Samuel 18: 10-14. =  Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this for you.” So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree.)
inside bottom marked twice with IS

Length: 10,3 cm.(4,1 inches.)
Width:    8,2 cm. (3,2 inches.)
Height:   2,2 cm. ( 0,9 inch.)
Weight: 159 grams