Tabaksdoos, anonymous, 1740 - 1760 Round box with flattened spherical shape, and round lid with gold -plated silver hinge. The outside is horizontally divided into two Frisians, on which alternating cartouches and weapon trophies with guns, banners, harnesses and drums. The cartouches in the lower zone contain a small representation of a sailing ship (under the hinge), a country house, a walled fortress by the sea, and a landscape with houses; The cartouches are filled with identical garlands in the top zone. Between each cartouche and trophy, a shell motif with a hanging and a stylized hanging leaf motif is always placed. The underside wears a coat of arms with a helmet sign, representing a climbing lion with a slanted bar on which three stars (Nuyts family). The whole is placed in a wreath of shells and garlands. The lid is decorated with a performance of four classic women, personifications of the free arts: in the middle sculptura that chops a bust, bottom right architectura (a wom