A fine Dutch colonial silver tray 'gedachtenisbord'
A fine Dutch colonial silver tray 'gedachtenisbord'

MAKER'S MARK SH OR HS, BATAVIA, CIRCA 1730

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A fine Dutch colonial silver tray 'gedachtenisbord'
Maker's mark SH or HS, Batavia, circa 1730
The lobed circular tray with raised moulded rim decorated with swirling gadrooned and floral bands, the plain centre inscribed ' Ter Gedagtenisse Van David Andreas Stier Oppercoop= En Gecommitteerde Tot En Over De Saaken der Inlanderen Geboor=n Binnen Helmstad Den 10.e aug=o 1683 Obiit Tot bat=a 8 Maij 1731 Oud 47 Jaar=n 8 Maand En 28 dagen'
37cm. (14½in.) high
marked on rim
780gr.

Lot Essay

For an almost identical 'Gedachtenisbord' with the same names and dates compare: S.M. Voskuil-Groenewegen et al., Zilver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Zwolle, 1999, no. 8, p. 87
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