Miniatur Flakon aus einer geschnitzten Nuss / A finely carved nut as miniature flask/bottle, frühes 19. Jh. Material: walnut, very finely carved all around, stopper and handle, Decoration: top and bottom with large blossom, wall with chequered pattern, front and back with laurel wreath reserves with lavish bouquet of flowers in a crater vase and a peasant woman with sickle and ears of corn, blossoms above the handles, Height: with stopper 3 cm, Condition: good, Comment: unusual and rare

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