Sold by Order of the Board of Trustees of THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO to benefit future acquisition* *Lot 145 may be exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice in the front of this catalogue.
A DUTCH SILVER BEAKER

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A DUTCH SILVER BEAKER
MAKER'S MARK OF GEERT JACOBS VAN OOTMARSSEN, GRONIGEN, 1679

TAPERING CYLINDRICAL, ON MOLDED RIM BASE, ENGRAVED WITH A SCENE OF THE LAST SUPPER WITHIN A CIRCLE, THE OTHER SIDE ENGRAVED WITH A COAT-OF-ARMS AND HELM WITHIN FOLIATE MANTLING AND WITH DITT IS DE SOUWERDER KERK BEECKER ANNO 1723 ENGRAVED BELOW, MARKED UNDER BASE
7IN. (17.8CM.) HIGH; 10OZ. 10DWT. (331GR.)

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TWO SIMILAR BEAKERS BY THE SAME, OF 1680, ARE ILLUSTRATED IN IRONGER ZILVER, EXH. CAT., 1975, NO. 97.