Lot Essay
Cf. B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 170-171, ill. 512 (left) for an almost identical corkscrew with lion finial by H. Smook, dated 1757.
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THE FIRST APPARENTLY UNMARKED, THE NETHERLANDS, CIRCA 1750, THE SECOND WITH DUTY-MARK OF 1807 ONLY, POSSIBLY BY H. SMOOK, AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1760
Details
Two dutch silver corkscrews
The first apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1750, the second with duty-mark of 1807 only, possibly by H. Smook, Amsterdam, circa 1760
The first decorated with foliage, the handle with the bust of Prince Willem V of Orange, the other side with his wife Princess Wilhelmina, each flanked by foliage, the second with shell and foliage ornament, the handle shaped as a lion
9.3 cm. long
gross 113 gr. (2)
The first apparently unmarked, the Netherlands, circa 1750, the second with duty-mark of 1807 only, possibly by H. Smook, Amsterdam, circa 1760
The first decorated with foliage, the handle with the bust of Prince Willem V of Orange, the other side with his wife Princess Wilhelmina, each flanked by foliage, the second with shell and foliage ornament, the handle shaped as a lion
9.3 cm. long
gross 113 gr. (2)
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 169-170, ill. 509 (left).
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