A fine Dutch silver coffee urn

POSSIBLY BY ADRIAAN PALM, AMSTERDAM, 1730

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A fine Dutch silver coffee urn
Possibly by Adriaan Palm, Amsterdam, 1730
Pear-shaped, on three scroll feet, the aprons between, pierced with scrolls and central shell ornament, with moulded border, the lower part of the body with a tap with silver mounted vase-shaped spigot, further applied with drapery panels, the neck with cut stylised scroll and foliate panel, and applied with tassel and drapery panel, two applied scroll foliate swing handles, the detachable domed cover with similar applied decoration and cone finial
33cm. (13in.) high
marked on base
1408gr.

Lot Essay

A similar coffee urn by Johannes Winter, Amsterdam, 1733 was sold at Christie's Geneva on May 19, 1998, lot 151
Cf. for similar but larger example, A.L. den Blaauwen, Nederlands Zilver 1580-1830, The Hague, 1979, nr. 116, pp.242 and 243, illustrated
Cf. for similar example, Dr. J.R. ter Molen, Zilver, Rotterdam, 1994, nr. 55, pp.158 and 159, illustrated

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