Ivory box with a miniature of Neptune that calms the waves, Round ivory box with a lid painted on both sides. Outside: naked man with trident in left hand and right hand pointing forward (Neptunus), standing to the right on a wagon with at the rear a weapon (from Amsterdam), pulled by 2 horses at sea, with l. and r. 2 blowing faces, at the top edge of text. Inside: upper part of text, (see inscription). below that: sunset or rising with a small boat at the bottom left. The performance of Neptunus calms the sea was taken from a medal struck by the city of Amsterdam in 1696, Amsterdam, anonymous, 1696, ivory, paint (coating), h 2.2 cm × d 8.3 cm d 7.5 cm
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