SILVER, GOLD AND PEARL BOX Antwerp, 1777 Date stamp : 77 - Master goldsmith : G R - (probably Guillaume Ruolt) The mother-of-pearl is signed I.L. Wauters fecit. Ignace Lievin Wauters worked in Antwerp and Gent, the design probably carved after Teniers H_8,2 cm W_5 cm D_5,7 cm See painting by Teniers in the County Museum of Art: landscape of the players - Catalogue exhibition of David Teniers de Jonge, Antwerpen - Kon. Museum vooor schone kunsten 1991 cat nr 71 en 52

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