MARK OF JAN WILLEM BURGER, THE HAGUE, 1752 AND 1753, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK OF 1814-1893, TWO WITH LATER REPLACED SOCKET

Details

Four Dutch silver two-light wall-scones
Mark of Jan Willem Burger, The Hague, 1752 and 1753, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1814-1893, two with later replaced socket
The conforming scrolling asymmetrical foliate wrapped branches with foliate drip-pans and with vase-shaped fluted moulded sockets, the detachable rococo backplate with asymmetrical raised foliate C-scrolls, marked on side of backplates, one of 1753 also marked on reverse backplate with provincial lion, townmark and date letter; one of 1752 and 1753 marked with duty mark on branch
28 cm. (11 in.) long
5198 gr. (167 oz.) (4)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 27 May 1997, lot 450 (the 1753 pair).
With A. Aardewerk, The Hague, 1997, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-131).

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Lot Essay

Jan Willem Burger is principally known as a manufacturer of candlesticks, candelabra and wall-sconces. Rococo wall-sconces with two winding branches seem to have been his specialty, for all known wall-sconces of this type bear his maker's mark. The earliest extant pairs date from 1752. Later pairs are dated 1753, 1759, and 1761. Although Burger's wall-sconces all appear similar, no two are absolutely identical (see catalogue of the exhibition, Rococo in Nederland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 2001, p. 158, no. 80).
Four similar wall-sconces by the same maker, two made in 1759 and two 1761 are in the collection Municipal Museum in Arnhem (for the 1759 examples see the catalogue of the exhibtion, R. Baarsen, et al., Rococo in Nederland, Zwolle, 2001, p. 158, no. 80, illustrated).
Two further examples by Jan Willem Burger, 1752 are in the treasury of St. Bavo's Church in Haarlem (see catalogue of the exhibition, Zilverwerken Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, 1958, no. 82, pl. 26).

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