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Hendrik van Beest Dutch parcel-gilt silver sweetmeat dish
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- silver
- 11.5cm, 4 1/2in long
pierced below applied rim, swing handles
Literature
Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 130
Catalogue Note
Hendrik van Beest was born in 1680 in Utrecht. Although he is recorded in the local goldsmiths’ guild Apprenticeship Book in 1693, it is not known when he became a master goldsmith. He married Wilhelmina van der Heuvel on 7 May 1702, and died in 1772.