Tobacco box with a mounted mother-of-pearl plaque with salt extraction scenes, The round, six-lobed box rests on three leaf-shaped legs that comprise the profiled lower edge. The box widens towards the lid. A round mother-of-pearl plaque is mounted in the lid. Various stages of salt extraction are depicted: in the foreground three men throw salt into a barrel, to the left of it sits a man in a hut weighing the salt, in the background a sailing ship is sailing at sea with the god Hermes above it, two men carry a basket of salt out of the mine and two men cut loose in the mine with a pickaxe and a scoop of salt. The original tin inner plate, salt, weighing, is still in the box, Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1755, silver (metal), tin (metal), plaque, h 11 cm × w 19.6 cm × d 19.6 cm × w 1487 gr
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Tobacco box, mounted mother-of-pearl plaque, salt extraction scenes, round, six-lobed box rests, three leaf-shaped legs, comprise, profiled lower edge, box widens towards, lid, round mother-of-pearl plaque, mounted, Various stages, salt extraction, depicted, foreground three men throw salt, barrel, left, sits, man, hut weighing, salt, background, sailing ship, sailing, sea, god Hermes, two men carry, basket, salt out, mine, two men cut loose, pickaxe, scoop, original tin inner plate, weighing, box, Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1755, black-and-white, metal, tin, plaque
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