拍品專文
The inscription on the base of the basket reads: Ter Gedagtenis Van den 25 Jarig Eght Van Jr/o Jan Hendrik van Panhuys: Heer van Vliet & en Vwe Geertruijda Catarina Westpalm op den 9 Julÿ 1768
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A TWO-HANDLED SILVER CRUET-STAND WITH CASTER AND BOTTLES
The Hague, maker's mark a hare, perhaps for Albertus de Haas, 1768, marked on basket and caster
The oval basket supported on four moulded foliate and sprig feet, continued around the lower rim and to the upper rim and handles, the walls pierced and engraved to simulate wickerwork, the underside engraved with inscription in Dutch dated 1768, the fitted bottle-holder moulded with conforming decoration and with provisions for four bottles and stoppers, and with central support for the caster, the caster on spreading foliate base, the body pear-shaped and with high-domed and pierced cover applied with a foliate finial, with four cut-glass bottles - 30cm long (1242gr)
The Hague, maker's mark a hare, perhaps for Albertus de Haas, 1768, marked on basket and caster
The oval basket supported on four moulded foliate and sprig feet, continued around the lower rim and to the upper rim and handles, the walls pierced and engraved to simulate wickerwork, the underside engraved with inscription in Dutch dated 1768, the fitted bottle-holder moulded with conforming decoration and with provisions for four bottles and stoppers, and with central support for the caster, the caster on spreading foliate base, the body pear-shaped and with high-domed and pierced cover applied with a foliate finial, with four cut-glass bottles - 30cm long (1242gr)