MAKER'S MARK OF CORNELIS KNUYSTING, ROTTERDAM, 1796

細節

A Dutch silver cruet-frame
Maker's mark of Cornelis Knuysting, Rotterdam, 1796
On four small tapering feet, the oval two-handled frame with boat-shaped pierced spreading gallery, scroll foliate handles, the circular bottle holders each on four tapering fluted feet with festoons, foliate and beaded rims, two cut-glass bottles with stoppers, the fluted column centre with two stopper holders and the pierced detachable top/mustard pot with glass liner, surmounted by detachable vase-shaped pepper caster with applied beaded bands and bud finial
29.5cm. long
Marked under the base
816gr.

注意事項

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

拍品專文

In 1796 Cornelis Knuysting of Rotterdam made the present oil and vinegar stand in Louis XVI-style.
Knuysting was born in Rotterdam in 1730 and became a master in 1781 in the same town. He died there in 1812. Knuysting was a very productive silversmith and produced both pieces for table-services and flatware1. He was associated with his son-in-law Jan George Grebe, who continued the business after Knuysting's death.

Comparative literature:
1Schadee, N.I., Zilverschatten, drie eeuwen Rotterdams zilver, Rotterdam, Historisch museum der Stad Rotterdam, 1991, pp.232, nos.243-254
Molen, J.R. ter, Zilver. Catalogus van de voorwerpen van edelmetaal in de collectie van het Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1994, p.630

See illustration