A BELGIAN SILVER HOT WATER JUG

NAMUR, 1761, MAKER'S MARK API

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A BELGIAN SILVER HOT WATER JUG
Namur, 1761, maker's mark API
Plain pear shaped, on three scroll and paw feet capped by shells, the ivory handle carved with foliage, the shaped cover chased with shells and capped by a conch finial, engraved with accolé coat-of-arms and supporters with coronet above, marked on base
28 cm. (11 in.) high
930 gr. (29 oz.) gross

Lot Essay

The coats-of-arms are those of Jean-Guillaume Baron Sloet van Oldruitenborgh and Jeanne-Julienne Sloet tot Westerholt who married in 1815.
The unidentified maker's mark is recorded by R. Stuyck, Belgishe Zilvermerken, Antwerp, 1984, no. 5046

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