Lot 199
  • 199

A Dutch silver tea pot, a Dutch silver milk jug and a Dutch silver mustard pot, Gorcum, 18th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • 594gr. all in, height tea pot 14.1cm.
tea pot, Hendrik de Blij, Gorcum, 1758; milk jug, Hendrik de Blij, Gorcum, 1766; mustard pot, Gijsbertus Metman, Gorcum, 1774

Literature

All three items are illustrated in: R.F. van Dijk, Gorcums zilver, Gorichem 1992, p.80, p.81 and p.86.

Condition

Marks very slightly rubbed, small scratches and dents of use, one of the feet of the milk jug slightly bent, and the handle with a small repair, body of milk jug later engraved with initials.
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