MARK OF DIRK VAN DER GOORBERGH, DELFT, 1767

Details

A pair of Dutch silver two-light wall sconces
Mark of Dirk van der Goorbergh, Delft, 1767
The shaped oval back plates repoussé and chased with rococo scrolls and foliage, the swirling foliate branches with foliate wax-pans and fluted vase-shaped sockets with elaborate foliate nozzles, marked on reverse of backplates
the backplates, 18.6 cm. (7¼ in.) high
1796 gr. (57 oz.) (2)

Provenance

With Premsela & Hamburger, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 23 May 1967, lot 3613 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-26).

Literature

Catalogue of exhibition, Reynier Baarsen, Rococo in Nederland, Amsterdam, 2001, p. 163, no. 85, illustrated.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Rococo in Nederland, 2 November 2001 3 February 2002, no. 85.

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Lot Essay

Dirk van der Goorbergh may be reckoned among the most important silversmiths who produced rococo silver in Delft. He was clearly influenced by the designs of his contemporaries in The Hague. In the present case van der Goorbergh was greatly indebted to the specialised maker of wall-sconces Jan Willem Burger for the overall design but applied his own touches resulting in the characteristic jagged outline (see the catalogue of exhibition, op. cit.).

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