Lot Essay
A castor of similar form by Laurits Dorenfeldt, Trondhjem, is illustrated Krohn-Hansen, Trondhjems Gullsmedkunst, 1550-1850, 1963, p.180, fig. D.
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A NORWEGIAN SILVER CASTOR
SKIEN, 1781, MAKER'S MARK TL IN SCRIPT
Of baluster form, the spreading circular foot raised on a square pedestal base with tied laurel decoration, the body repousse and chased with flutes and foliate swags, the high domed cover pierced with foliate decoration and surmounted by a flower finial, the base pricked A. Beos. D. K. J. 1777, the neck later engraved with a monogram --7 3/4in. (19.6cm.) high
(8 oz. 10 dwt.)
SKIEN, 1781, MAKER'S MARK TL IN SCRIPT
Of baluster form, the spreading circular foot raised on a square pedestal base with tied laurel decoration, the body repousse and chased with flutes and foliate swags, the high domed cover pierced with foliate decoration and surmounted by a flower finial, the base pricked A. Beos. D. K. J. 1777, the neck later engraved with a monogram --7 3/4in. (19.6cm.) high
(8 oz. 10 dwt.)