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MAKER'S MARK OF HERMANUS NIEUWENHUYS, AMSTERDAM, 1750, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTY-MARK OF 1795 FOR AMSTERDAM
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A fine Dutch silver covered milk jug
Maker's mark of Hermanus Nieuwenhuys, Amsterdam, 1750, also struck with later duty-mark of 1795 for Amsterdam
On three scroll feet, the lower and upper part of the pear-shaped body decorated with skill panels, foliage and C-scrolls, scroll and partly wooden handle, naturalistic shell shaped domed hinged cover
15.5cm (6in.) high
marked on base
270gr.
Maker's mark of Hermanus Nieuwenhuys, Amsterdam, 1750, also struck with later duty-mark of 1795 for Amsterdam
On three scroll feet, the lower and upper part of the pear-shaped body decorated with skill panels, foliage and C-scrolls, scroll and partly wooden handle, naturalistic shell shaped domed hinged cover
15.5cm (6in.) high
marked on base
270gr.