Lot Essay
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MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY OF ABRAHAM BERNARDUS VAN GRASSTEK, AMSTERDAM, 1855; ALSO STRUCK WITH INDISTINCT RETAILER'S MARK AND DUTCH COUNTERFEITED MARKS ON REVERSE
Details
A large Dutch silver breadbasket
Maker's mark possibly of Abraham Bernardus van Grasstek, Amsterdam, 1855; also struck with indistinct retailer's mark and Dutch counterfeited marks on reverse
The oval-shaped basket on four scroll feet, the body pierced into scrolls, foliage and flowers, with scroll and foliage upper and lower rim and two conformingly shaped branch and foliate handles
45.5cm. wide
marked on body and reverse
1314gr.
Maker's mark possibly of Abraham Bernardus van Grasstek, Amsterdam, 1855; also struck with indistinct retailer's mark and Dutch counterfeited marks on reverse
The oval-shaped basket on four scroll feet, the body pierced into scrolls, foliage and flowers, with scroll and foliage upper and lower rim and two conformingly shaped branch and foliate handles
45.5cm. wide
marked on body and reverse
1314gr.
Special notice
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