Seven Antique Dutch Brass Tobacco Boxes

18th -19th centuries, including an upright octagonal form and oval form, both with engraved floral and scroll motifs (4 1/4 in. tallest); a large rectangular form with canted corners and engraved floral decoration (2 3/4 x 8 x 4 in.); (3) oval forms with figural vignettes and inscriptions (5 in.); a leaf form box (3 in.); and the seventh a dutchman's calendar/log box (5 in.).

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Each with some surface wear and denting; one oval form with some loss and old soldering repairs to hinge.