Johannes Schiotling Dutch silver basket

pierced oval, with applied beaded and laurel leaf borders above four bun feet

 

S.J Philips, London, 1962
H. Nijstadt, Lochem, 1963
Christie's London, 9 May 1984, lot 52
J.Stodel, Amsterdam, 2003

Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 179
Dr. István Heller and  Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneider, article published in conjunction with TEFAF Maastricht 2003, , Masterpieces of European Goldsmiths’ works 1560-1860, Couven Museum, Aachen, 2003, pp. 16-21, no. 10

An almost identical  basket of the same date, was exhibited in Johannes Schiotling (1730-1799), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 24 December 1976-27 February 1977, no. 26. Johannes Schiotling was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1730. He began his training with goldsmith Olof Fernlöf of Gothenburg in 1747, where he became a journeyman in 1753.  He removed to Amsterdam in 1760 and, two years later, became a master of the guild.  In 1763, he married Margaretha Sophia, the daughter of goldsmith Johann Diedrich Janssen, and he and Janssen later became partners. Schiotling had two sons, Johannes Hendrik and Andreas, both of whom followed their father as goldsmiths, becoming masters in 1792.  Johannes Schiotling died in 1799, after which his sons continued to run the workshop.