MAKER' MARK OF PIETER BARTHOLOMEUS VAN LINDEN, AMSTERDAM, 1777; ALSO STRUCK WITH DUTCH DUTY MARK OF OLD MADE SILVERWARE (1814-1893)

Details

A Dutch silver mustard pot with blue glass-liner
Maker' mark of Pieter Bartholomeus van Linden, Amsterdam, 1777; also struck with Dutch duty mark of old made silverware (1814-1893)
On three scroll and foliage supports, the circular body openworked with foliage and scrolls, hinged spirally fluted high domed cover with fruit finial and engraved crest and DOMINUS PROVIDEBTT
11.2cm. high
marked on reverse supports, on reverse body and inside cover
166gr. (excluding glass-liner)

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Lot Essay

For two almost identical mustard pots by the same maker dated 1775 and 1778 see J. Verbeek, Nederlands Zilver 1725-1780, Lochem, 1988, p. 56, ill. 63
Both mustard pots are preserved in the collection of the Amsterdam Historical Museum

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