A French silver two-bottle cruet stand and a Dutch silver four-bottle cruet stand
MAKER'S MARK D.G. GARREAU, PARIS, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY AND MAKER'S AMRK OF H.W. VAN RIEL, AMSTERDAM, SCHOONHOVEN AND ARNHEM, 1864
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A French silver two-bottle cruet stand and a Dutch silver four-bottle cruet stand
Maker's mark D.G. Garreau, Paris, first quarter 19th Century and maker's amrk of H.W. van Riel, Amsterdam, Schoonhoven and Arnhem, 1864
The first on rectangular-shaped base with claw feet, rising to a pierced stand decorated in typical Charles X motifs centered by a handle with dog finials, containing four cut-glass bottles in sizes with stoppers; and a square-shaped stand on scroll supports, centered by a shaped foliate handle, containing two later Bohemian glass bottles with stoppers
30 cm. (13 in.) high
marked underneath
616 gr. one loaded (2)
Sale room notice
This lot contains two Dutch silver cruet stands, one illustrated, the other is a four-bottle early 19th Century stand without bottles, the bottom is engraved with date
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