Group of Four English and Dutch Brass Tobacco Boxes and GraterLate 17th-Early 18th Century The oval brass box with engraved roses on the lid and engraved verse, name, and date on the underside Sir to you the tobacco is free, but pray Restore the box to mee / John Houghton / 1667. The octagonal brass box engraved with allegorical scenes on the lid and underside as well as the inscriptions De Naakte Min /Is Na Myn Lin, which loosely translates to The Naked Min Is After My Line. The burlwood bowl with cast brass fleur-de-lis and engraved numbers 17 / 8 / 30, and the fourth box with grater and engraved Coat of Arms above flowers.Length of longest 5 1/4 in.ProvenanceErotic tobacco box: Mark and Marjorie Allen, Amherst, New Hampshire.
Group of Four English and Dutch Brass Tobacco Boxes and GraterLate 17th-Early 18th Century The oval brass box with engraved roses on the lid and engraved verse, name, and date on the underside Sir to you the tobacco is free, but pray Restore the box to mee / John Houghton / 1667. The octagonal brass box engraved with allegorical scenes on the lid and underside as well as the inscriptions De Naakte Min /Is Na Myn Lin, which loosely translates to The Naked Min Is After My Line. The burlwood bowl with cast brass fleur-de-lis and engraved numbers 17 / 8 / 30, and the fourth box with grater and engraved Coat of Arms above flowers.Length of longest 5 1/4 in.ProvenanceErotic tobacco box: Mark and Marjorie Allen, Amherst, New Hampshire.
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