MARK OF JOHANNES KEEMAN, DORDRECHT, 1791, OR EARLIER

Details

A pair of Dutch silver floral candlesticks
Mark of Johannes Keeman, Dordrecht, 1791, or earlier
Each on circular openwork base on eight spreading engraved triple leaf feet, with naturalistic swirling engraved foliate stem and drip-pans with cylindrical foliate socket, marked on base and stem
25 cm. (9 7/8 in.) high
858 gr. (27 oz.) (2)

Provenance

With Salomon Stodel Antiquités, Amsterdam, 1997, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-129).

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Lot Essay

An identical set of four by the same maker, dated 1791, are in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (See B. ter Molen-den Outer, Johannes Keeman, een Dordrechtse edelsmid aan het einde van de 18e eeuw, Oud Nieuws 7, no. 4, 1974, p. 26 and Dordrechts goud en zilver, Dordrecht, 1975, no. 142, p. 46, illustrated, p. 116.)

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