A RARE OVAL DUTCH BASIN

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A RARE OVAL DUTCH BASIN
by Jacob van der Horst, Amsterdam, 1694

The plain domed centre surrounded by four chased panels depicting the continents each within acanthus scroll cartouche, the broad rim chased with four shaped-oval cartouches depicting the four elements, and four pairs of putti holding festoons one with fruit surmounted by an eagle, one with the fruits of the sea surmounted by a monster, one with flowers surmounted by an eagle and one with fruit surmounted by a dove, all on a matted ground - 64.5 x 53 cm
(2,628 gr)

Literature

J. W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver, The Hague, 1961, vol. IV, no. 157, pl. 168.

Lot Essay

Jacob van der Horst was born in Schoonhoven in 1640. He became a master of the Amsterdam guild in 1668, where he remained until his death in 1694, the year in which this lot was made.

J. W. Frederiks attributes this basin to the monogramist HN, and compares it with two dishes bearing this monogram, one dated 1660, the other 1668 (op cit, vol. 1, pp. 237-239, nos. 154-155). However the present lot could not have been made by the maker of the above dishes as they both predate van der Horst's entry into the Amsterdam guild.

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