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MARK OF DIRK BLOM, AMSTERDAM, 1766, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK OF 1795 FOR ENKHUIZEN AND DUTY MARK OF 1807
Details
A Dutch silver bread basket
Mark of Dirk Blom, Amsterdam, 1766, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1795 for Enkhuizen and duty mark of 1807
Shaped oval, on four cast oak foliage feet, with waved scrolls between, the sides engraved and pierced with trelliswork, floral festoons and trailing oak foliage, the scroll and rocaille border with applied floral sprays, the ends with two floral twist handles, the centre later engraved with crest and helm, the reverse with initials C.v.d.O, marked under base
32.4 cm. (12¾ in.) wide
866 gr. (27 oz.)
Mark of Dirk Blom, Amsterdam, 1766, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1795 for Enkhuizen and duty mark of 1807
Shaped oval, on four cast oak foliage feet, with waved scrolls between, the sides engraved and pierced with trelliswork, floral festoons and trailing oak foliage, the scroll and rocaille border with applied floral sprays, the ends with two floral twist handles, the centre later engraved with crest and helm, the reverse with initials C.v.d.O, marked under base
32.4 cm. (12¾ in.) wide
866 gr. (27 oz.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 30 November 1980, lot 1124 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-73).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-73).
Literature
Sotheby's Art and Antique Auctions World Wide Review 1980-1981, 1981, p.276, illustrated
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