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A good Dutch silver tea kettle on stand, Hendrik Swierink, Amsterdam, 1756
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- 1876gr all in, height 37cm
the melon-shaped body with foliate hinged cover and foliate spout, the wood fitted swing handle in the form of twigs, the cast openwork stand moulded with scrolls, shells and leafage on three scroll supports, missing burner, fully marked at the reverse base, the stand only struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam (2)
Catalogue Note
For a similar example made by Gregorius van der Toorn in 1769, see A.L. den Blauwen, Dutch Silver 1580-1830, The Hague, 1979, page 282, plate 136. Another in similar outline is made by Engelbart Joosten, The Hague, 1756 and sold by Sotheby's Amsterdam, 30 November 1993, lot 107