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A VASE-SHAPED COFFEE URN
by Harmanus Nieuwenhuys (Citroen 349), Amsterdam, 1752
On three double-scroll leaf-capped feet, the skirt cast with eagles under foliate piercing, the lower setion of the body bulging and tapering above, engraved with foliage, scrolls, rocaille and wave ornament, and with two scrolling leaf-capped drop-handles with wooden centres, the lower section with tap and vase-shape spigot, and with shaped and moulded upper rim, the domed cover chased and engraved in relief with shells and foliage and with wooden baluster finial - 40cm high (2525gr)
by Harmanus Nieuwenhuys (Citroen 349), Amsterdam, 1752
On three double-scroll leaf-capped feet, the skirt cast with eagles under foliate piercing, the lower setion of the body bulging and tapering above, engraved with foliage, scrolls, rocaille and wave ornament, and with two scrolling leaf-capped drop-handles with wooden centres, the lower section with tap and vase-shape spigot, and with shaped and moulded upper rim, the domed cover chased and engraved in relief with shells and foliage and with wooden baluster finial - 40cm high (2525gr)
Further details
cf.Christie's Amsterdam, Zilver, Juwelen en horloges, Singer Museum Laren, 21 October 1980, lot 3341 for a similar example