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Lot 63
  • 63

A Dutch silver tea caddy Cornelis Knuystingh, Rotterdam, circa 1800

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Description

  • Cornelis Knuystingh
  • 412gr., height 10.7cm
of boat form, engraved with a crest, beaded and engraved wriggle-work borders, hinged cover with swing scroll grip, marked below the base, and struck with a 1807 Dutch control mark

Literature

For a similar tea caddy made by Cornelis Knuijsting also without a date letter, made between 1800-1806 see: Exh. cat., Zilverschatten, drie eeuwen Rotterdams zilver,  Rotterdam, 1991, p. 144, no 251.