Lot 385: A good Dutch silver sweetmeat basket, Johannes Schiotling, Amsterdam, 1777

raised on four ball feet, the oval body pierced and engraved with geometrical patterns, applied with garlands and ribbon-tied medallions with double portraits, beaded rim, the interior devided into four pieces, the center mounted by a ribbed ball finial, fully marked below, including 1795 control mark for Rotterdam

345gr., 17.3cm.

For similar baskets please see: J. Verbeek, Johannes Schiotling, Amsterdamse zilversmid (1730-1799) en zijn kring, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1976, #21 and #22