A Dutch silver coffee urn
Mark of Ate Scheversteijn, Leeuwarden, 1752
Pear-shaped, on three high scroll feet with button-shaped wooden supports, the lower part of the body with a tap with wooden silver mounted vase-shaped spigot, above an engraved coat-of-arms, scroll wooden handle, detachable domed cover with wooden compressed circular finial, inside the cover a detachable circular plaque with inscription Anno 1752 Engwierumer Polder Dijk Verswaart, marked on base
32.5 cm. high
gross 1144 gr.
The arms are those of Van Vierssen
A Dutch silver coffee urn
Mark of Ate Scheversteijn, Leeuwarden, 1752
Pear-shaped, on three high scroll feet with button-shaped wooden supports, the lower part of the body with a tap with wooden silver mounted vase-shaped spigot, above an engraved coat-of-arms, scroll wooden handle, detachable domed cover with wooden compressed circular finial, inside the cover a detachable circular plaque with inscription Anno 1752 Engwierumer Polder Dijk Verswaart, marked on base
32.5 cm. high
gross 1144 gr.
The arms are those of Van Vierssen