Lot 166
  • 166

A pair of Dutch silver two-handle sauce tureens and covers, Rudolph Sondag, Rotterdam, 1803

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silver
  • 26.2cm., 10 1/4 in. over handles
Neo-classical navette form with beaded rims, high loop handles with acanthus junctions, the incurved dome covers with elongated stylised acorn finial

Provenance

Acquired in 1949.

Exhibited

Zilverscatten:drie eewen Rotterdams zilver, Historisch Museum der Stadt Rotterdam, 1991.

Literature

N.I. Schadee, Zilverscatten:drie eewen Rotterdams zilver, exhibition catalogue, 1991,  no. 350. pg. 180.

Condition

Firing lines visible to handles above acanthus junctions. The bodies are polished. Light surface wear in accordance with age.
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