MAKER'S MARK OF ANTON HENDRIK PAAP (HINRICH PAPE), AMSTERDAM, 1790

细节

A pair of Dutch silver meat-dishes
Maker's mark of Anton Hendrik Paap (Hinrich Pape), Amsterdam, 1790
Each shaped oval with gadrooned and stepped border, engraved with the coat-of-arms of Deutz van Assendelft
39cm. wide
marked on reverse
2226gr. (one 970gr. and one 1256gr.) (2)

注意事项

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

拍品专文

Anton Hinrich Pape (Neuendorf c. 1746 - Amsterdam 19-09-1816) became a silversmith in 1775 and in the same year he married Catharina Dutillieux. From an inventory drawn up on 1 September 1795 we may conclude that Pape was head of a large workshop, which employed at least six workers. His workshop produced large platework as well as flatware. Besides being the head of a workshop, Pape was appointed servant of the silversmith's guild, a job that he seems to have practised from 1798 until 1806 [1].
The present dishes bear the coat of arms of the Deutz van Assendelft family. Depicted are two crossed scythes behind an escutcheon with a stepping horse and a frontally placed helmet. On top of the helmet is placed an approaching, hooded woman. With her right hand she is holding a scythe over her right shoulder. The escutcheon with the stepping horse is the city-arms of Assendelft, the town were the Deutz van Assendelft family had their estate, the Assumburg

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
[1] Lorm, J.R. de, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle-Amsterdam, 1999, pp. 524-525

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