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MARK OF JOHANNES BROUWER, ROTTERDAM, 1790, THE CARVING FORK UNMARKED, THE KNIFE WITH MAKER'S MARK A TORTOISE (?), POSSIBLY HOORN, POSSIBLY 1708
Details
A dutch silver pair of vegetable-spoons and a silver-handled carving-knife and fork
Mark of Johannes Brouwer, Rotterdam, 1790, the carving fork unmarked, the knife with maker's mark a tortoise (?), possibly Hoorn, possibly 1708
The pair of vegetable-spoons each with plain handle, the carving-knife and fork each with cast handle shaped as St. George and the dragon, marked on handles
27.2 cm. long
248 gr. (4)
Mark of Johannes Brouwer, Rotterdam, 1790, the carving fork unmarked, the knife with maker's mark a tortoise (?), possibly Hoorn, possibly 1708
The pair of vegetable-spoons each with plain handle, the carving-knife and fork each with cast handle shaped as St. George and the dragon, marked on handles
27.2 cm. long
248 gr. (4)
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory nos. S713, S812).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 182-183, ill. 549.
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