A DUTCH SILVER MINIATURE 'SNAKE' CUP

with a lobed circular cup decorated with floral tendrils and engraved "1671" and initials "WLIL", 6cm high (26.17 grams)

Provenance: Part of the collection formed by Baron Michiels van Verduynen (1885-1952), the Dutch ambassador to the Court of St James’(1939-1942). After the collection returned to the family’s residence Huys Clingendael. Thence by descent to the Barons Van Tuyll van Serooskerken.