A rare five piece Dutch silver miniature toilet service

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, DUTCH, CIRCA 1700

细节

A rare five piece Dutch silver miniature toilet service
Apparently unmarked, Dutch, circa 1700
Consisting of two candlesticks each on a domed lobed base with raised spirally fluted stem and quatrefoil drip pans; two toilet boxes of oval form, the cover engraved with a crest within foliage; and a rectangular-shaped brush engraved with a crest en suite
the candlesticks 5cm. (1.7/8in.) high
112gr. loaded (5)

出版

V. Houart, Miniature silver toys, New York, 1981. [L'Argenterie miniature, Fribourg 1981]

拍品专文

Toilet services became common in the 17th Century. They often consist of various pieces, like a pair of large rectangular boxes, a smaller pair, two scent bottles, hair brushes and a box with pin-cushion top, a ewer and basin, candlesticks and naturally, a mirror.
A large number of services in varying states and different materials is known. As for example the toilet service in The Hague "Gemeente Museum", by Hermanus van Gulick, The Hague 1665 and 1679

See illustration