A Dutch silver tea pot
Maker's mark of Obbe Ydema, Sneek, 1772
The baluster-shaped pot on spreading base and moulded and cast with scrolls, tassels, leafage and rosets against fish-skin ground, with double scroll handle surmounted by a cherub, animal-shaped spout and vase finial to the high-domed cover
16 cm. (6.2 in.) high
marked underneath
362 gr.
Lot Essay
see illustration
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