Two Dutch silver salt cellars

MAKER'S MARK OF HENDRIK SWIERINCK, AMSTERDAM, 1764; MAKER'S MARK OF JAN BUYSEN, AMSTERDAM, 1796

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Two Dutch silver salt cellars
Maker's mark of Hendrik Swierinck, Amsterdam, 1764; maker's mark of Jan Buysen, Amsterdam, 1796
Each shaped circular, on three scroll feet, the cast body openworked with C-scrolls, flowers and foliage, one with blue plastic liner
5.1cm. (2in.) high, 6.8cm. (2.5/8in.) diam.
marked on the outside of the body
158gr. (2)

Lot Essay

Virtual identical salt cellars are illustrated in: Jan Rudolph de Lorm, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Amsterdam, 1999, pp. 217
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