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COPPER & BRASS TOBACCO BOX, JOHANN HEINRICH GIESE (1716-1761), ISERLOHN, GERMANY, CA 1760.
THE OBLONG BOX IS MADE WITH A BRASS LID STAMPED WITH A TEA-TAKING SCENE.
THE BASE WITH THE CONTINENTS AND A DUTCH QUATRAIN ABOVE THE STAMP \'GIESE F\'.
THE TRANSLATED QUATRAIN READS: \"I NAVIGATE AS A HERO TO FAR-LYING COASTS / WERE IT NOT FOR THE GOLD, MUCH SOONER WOULD I REST / AND REMAIN ON LAND, AND KEEP MY COMFORT / AND DRINK A GLASS OF WINE, AND SMOKE A PIPE OF TOBACCO\".
THE ENGRAVED JOHANN HEINRICH GIESE WAS GRANTED SOLE MANUFACTURING RIGHTS OF SUCH STAMPED BRASS PANELS BY FREDERICK THE GREAT IN 1755 (LATER GRANTED TO A NUMBER OF OTHER MANUFACTURERS).
ISERLOHN TOBACCO BOXES WERE MANUFACTURED BOTH FOR LOCAL MARKET (AND DECORATED WITH CELEBRATIONS OF MILITARY VICTORIES) AS WELL AS FOR THE LARGE DUTCH MARKET.
6 1/8” 1 3/4” X 1 1.8”PLEASE SEE THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, FOR TWO GIESE BOXES WITH THE SAME STAMPED SCENES, ACQUISITION NUMBERS 89.2.15/16.
