MARK OF THEODORUS GERARDUS BENTVELD, AMSTERDAM, 1835

Details

A Dutch silver four-piece teaservice
Mark of Theodorus Gerardus Bentveld, Amsterdam, 1835
Each of compressed circular gadrooned form on spreading footrim and with corded bands, comprising: a teapot with detachable cover with lion finial and scroll wood handle; a milk jug; a two-handled sugar basin and a teacaddy with hinged cover with lion finial and lock with key, marked on body, base and rims
24.2 cm. long (teapot)
gross 1896 gr. (4)

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Lot Essay

For a similar set without a silver sugar basin, in the posession of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, see: B.J. van Benthem, De werkmeesters van BENNEWITZ EN BONEBAKKER, Amsterdams grootzilver uit de eerste helft van de 19e eeuw, Zwolle, 2005, p. 127, nr. 57, illustrated.

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