Lot 186: A fine Dutch silver breadbasket

Mark of Johannes Schiotling, Amsterdam, 1778, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1795 for Dordrecht and an other Dutch duty mark, both maker's mark and townmark are indistinct and scratched
Shaped oval, on four shaped rocaille feet, the openwork body pierced and engraved with trelliswork, flowerheads and garland swags, two sides with ribbon-tied vacant oval medallions, the other two sides with ribbon-tied musical instruments, reed and tied rim and two reeded handles, marked on base and inside
37.5 cm. wide
1016 gr.

THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH FAMILY

For identical indistinct and scratched marks by the same maker in the same year see: J.R. de Lorm, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, no. 107, p. 178, illustrated.

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