Tobacco box 18th century Dutch The box is oval. The octagonal panel on the lid is engraved with a scene of Moses and the brazen serpent. Three worshippers are looking at the serpent. The panel is framed by leaf scrolls and is flanked by the inscription: Siet moses in de wostijn den slang hoog doet verheve / op dat die het soude sien behoude sij en leve (See how Moses holds high the serpent in the desert/ so that they who behold this will be saved and live). The passage illustrated is found in the Bible in Numbers 21:8-9. Moses is portrayed with horns. This tradition derived from the misinterpr

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