{"id":83229,"date":"2024-10-12T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cenove.shop\/product\/antique-18th-century-dutch-etched-oval-brass-tinder-tobacco-snuff-box\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T01:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T01:10:26","slug":"antique-18th-century-dutch-etched-oval-brass-tinder-tobacco-snuff-box","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.cenove.shop\/product\/antique-18th-century-dutch-etched-oval-brass-tinder-tobacco-snuff-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique 18th Century Dutch Etched Oval Brass Tinder Tobacco Snuff Box"},"content":{"rendered":"
Antique late 18th century oval brass Dutch tinder \/ snuff \/ pill box, etched with phrases and a landscape of two figures plowing a field.<\/p>\n

Voor ene goede vrind \/ for a good friend [of mine]
\ndaar staat mijn doos steeds open. \/ there stays my box always open
\nMaar niet voor alle man \/ but not for everyone\/anyone
\ndie op den bedel lopen. \/ who come to beg [“oi mate ‘ave some sniffin tobacco to share?”]
\n(basically greediness, straightforwardness, and\/or cynicism which is considered to be a common trait of Dutch character).<\/p>\n

Translation:
\n“Ik viste op vooren en vonde een baars”
\nI was fishing on minnow (or furrows – a long trench made by a plow) and found a Perch..<\/p>\n

“Mijn doos staat open niet voor alleman die op den bedel loopen”
\nMy box is open (but) not for anyone who is begging..<\/p>\n

Jij viste op vo(o)ren en vande een baars
\nYou were fishing upstream and caught a [common\/European] perch<\/p>\n

Mijn doos staat open niet voor alleman, die op den beitel lo(o)pen
\nMy box remains\/stays\/is open not to everyone (not for just anybody) who [picks up and] raises the chisel.
\n(vooren and loopen are archaic infinitive forms of voren and lopen respectively)<\/p>\n

Expanded:
\nIk viste op vooren en vande een baars<\/p>\n

‘vooren’ is the archaic spelling of ‘voorn’ (common roach)
\n(the most common fish in Dutch waters)<\/p>\n

I was fishing for roach but caught a perch
\n“I have caught something worth much more than I was looking for”
\n(There is a lady depicted there, so it might symbolise “I have managed to find a woman who exceeded my expectations”)<\/p>\n

Mijn doos staat open niet voor alleman, die op den bedel lopen.<\/p>\n

lopen means ‘run’; bedel means ‘beggar’; oplopen = run up
\nMy box stays\/remains\/is open [but] not for anyone (not for just any ordinary Joe) who comes up begging [for some sniffing tobacco]. Measure: 6″.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Dimensions: <\/div>\n
    Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)<\/span><\/span>Width: 5.625 in (14.29 cm)<\/span><\/span>Depth: 2.125 in (5.4 cm)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Style: <\/div>\n
    Dutch Colonial(In the Style Of)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Materials and Techniques: <\/div>\n
    Brass<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Period: <\/div>\n
    18th Century<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Date of Manufacture: <\/div>\n
    18th Century<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Condition: <\/div>\n
    Good<\/span>Wear consistent with age and use. Good Antique Condition – Does not stay closed; marks\/tarnish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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    Seller Location: <\/div>\n
    Dayton, OH<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Reference Number: <\/div>\n
    Seller: 36960<\/span><\/span>Seller: LU5343232100002<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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