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A Dutch amboyna, ebony, mahogany and silver casket containing three silver caddies and six spoons

MARK OF DIRK VAN DER GOORBERGH, DELFT, 1771

Details

A Dutch amboyna, ebony, mahogany and silver casket containing three silver caddies and six spoons
Mark of Dirk van der Goorbergh, Delft, 1771
The shaped amboyna veneered casket with cover decorated with applied horizontal and vertical silver and ebony rims, on four silver shaped feet, the openwork lock plate decorated with raised naturalistic flowers, foliage and rocaille, the silver hinged cover with C-scroll swing handle supported by naturalistic flowers, stem and leaves, the mahogany interior fitted with three oval plain cylindrical tea-caddies, the central larger caddy with low domed cover applied with a flower, leaves and bud, the two flanking caddies each with an engraved floral and foliate band, with raised detachable covers, each with applied flower, also fitted with six plain handled teaspoons, each bowl pierced with trelliswork and shell ornament, marked on base of caddies and on spoon handles
23 cm. (9 in.) wide
556 gr. (17 oz.) excluding casket (10)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 4 May 1994, lot 828 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-105).

Literature

R. Baarsen, et al., Rococo in Nederland, Zwolle, 2001, p. 167, passim.

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Lot Essay

Just as was the case with the wall-sconces in this sale (see lot 1024), van der Goorbergh was influenced by examples from The Hague when he made the contents and mounts for the present caddy case. No direct sources are known, but, at about the same time, Hague silversmiths such as Johannes van der Toorn (1773) and A. Dingemans (1775) made comparable silver mounts for caddy cases (see the catalogue of the exhibition Haags zilver uit vijf eeuwen, The Hague, Gemeentemuseum 1967, nos. 291, 298).
In comparison with the caddy cases of his Hague contemporaries, van der Goorbergh's case appears extremely rich, due to the use of precious woods and the inclusion of six spoons. In 1780 he made the silver for an almost identical case, this time with four spoons (illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition Rococo in Nederland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum 2001, p. 167, no. 89).

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