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BRANDY BOWLS The earliest brandy bowls were made of blue and white china and were decorated with silver handles and silver mounts. During the 17th Century bowls of circular or octagonal shapes prevailed. They were usually decorated with engravings and had cast handles and feet. The oval shaped bowls only came into use at the beginning of the 18th Century. This type of bowl was often lavishly decorated with a pattern of chased flowers. Although brandy bowls were made elsewhere in the Netherlands, they are typical for the Northern provinces of Groningen and Friesland. The most striking difference between bowls from both provinces is the position of the handles. In Friesland the handles are placed horizontally in Groningen they are placed vertically. Brandy bowls were considered suitable marriage gifts. The surface provided enough space for the coats-of-arms of the couple. At special occasions bowls filled with a mixture of brandy and raisins (boerenjongens) were passed. This offered the guests an opportunity to have a close look at these precious bowls. In bad times these objects of luxury could be converted into cash. It is not known at what time brandy bowls lost their appeal as marriage gifts, but from that time onwards the bowls were stored as family pieces. Some families owned quite a number of them which were now used as individual finger-bowls at large dinners. Comparative literature: Stoter, Marlies, De Zilveren Eeuw. Fries Pronkzilver in de Zeventiende Eeuw, Franeker, 2000, p.100.

A Dutch silver brandy bowl

MAKER'S MARK OF GEERT JACOBS VAN OOTMARSEN, GRONINGEN, 1674/75

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A Dutch silver brandy bowl
Maker's mark of Geert Jacobs van Ootmarsen, Groningen, 1674/75
The lobed oval base rising to the lobed oval bowl with two dragon-shaped and double scroll handles, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms and inscribed HP JJ 1788
19.2cm. wide
marked on reverse
176gr.

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Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 20.825% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €90,000 (NLG 198.334). If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €90,000 then the hammer price of a lot is calculated at 20.825% of the first €90,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €90,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

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For a similar brandy bowl by the same maker, in the same year see Jean Pierre van Rijen,Groninger Keur, Groningen, p. 63, no. 19