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Lot 600 Dα

An Elberfeld silver engagement box

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
19.05.2023, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Faience
Estimate: 450 €
Result: 693 € (incl. premium)

An Elberfeld silver engagement box

Cylindrical box with gadrooned lid; decorated with three relief medallions with amoretti, inscribed: “La Fidelite Me Conduit”, "L’argent Fait Reconcilier L’amour" and "Patiemment Fréquemment" (roughly translated: Loyalty leads me / Money brings reconciliation to love / Patient again and again). H 2.8 cm, weight 11 g.
Marks of Peter de Werth, 1764.