A Dutch silver salt-cellar and a thread basket
A Dutch silver salt-cellar and a thread basket

THE SALT-CELLAR WITH THE MARK OF HENDRIK WILLEM VAN GIFFEN, 1810/12; THE THREAD BASKET WITH THE MARK OF FIRMA VAN GIFFEN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A Dutch silver salt-cellar and a thread basket
The salt-cellar with the mark of Hendrik Willem van Giffen, 1810/12; the thread basket with the mark of Firma van Giffen, early 19th Century
The salt-cellar of vessel-shaped form and movable reeded handle, the openwork body with horizontal and vertical bands, with beaded rim, marked on body; the thread basket of oval shape, with fluted movable ropework handle, the basket with beaded rim, marked on base
The salt-cellar 8 cm. high; the basket 13 cm. wide
164 gr. (2)
Literature
J.P van van Rijen, Groninger Keur- Zilver uit Stad en Ommelanden, Groningen, 1997, pp. 136-137, no. 93 and 94.

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