MAKER'S MARK V:V WITH STAR ABOVE IN NAVETTE, UTRECHT, 1810; ALSO STRUCK WITH DUTCH ALLOY MARK 934 (1807-1810) AND DUTCH DUTY MARK (1814-1953); HANDLE MARKED 830

Details

A Dutch silver wire basket with overhead swing handle
Maker's mark V:V with star above in navette, Utrecht, 1810; also struck with Dutch alloy mark 934 (1807-1810) and Dutch duty mark (1814-1953); handle marked 830
The boat-shaped basket on a plain base with reeded rim, the vertical wired body with reeded rim and a later overhead openworked swing handle with an oval partly gadrooned centre piece
29cm. wide
marked on handle and on reverse
390gr.

Special notice

Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 20.825% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €90,000 (NLG 198.334). If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €90,000 then the hammer price of a lot is calculated at 20.825% of the first €90,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €90,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

Lot Essay

For a similar basket by the same maker made in 1807 see Zilver Collectie Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, 1972, p. 63, no. 131

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