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A Dutch silver sweetmeat basket, Johannes Hortsman, Amsterdam, 1789
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description
- 150gr, width overall 17.2 cm
the oval pierced body with pales, beaded borders, cable handles, on four claw and ball feet, with fitting for a divider, fully marked at the base
Catalogue Note
Maker’s mark IH with a tree between, was attributed to Johannes Hartsman by K.A. Citroen in 1975 (C.464). The attribution of the maker’s mark has been changed since the J.R. de Lorm’s publication in 1999, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, which describes items manufactured in Amsterdam, that are kept in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Now the maker’s mark is said to be that of Johannes Horstman. Johannes was born as son of Jan Horstman by his wife Alida Bruyn in 1721. He probably started working as a silversmith in 1758 when he became poorter of Amsterdam. Between 1790 and 1795 he stopped working as a silversmith. In January and in November 1790 some work made by Johannes was rejected by the Guild of Amsterdam.