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Lot Essay
Until 1995 the maker's mark on the kettle was thought to have been that of Pieter de Keen, but recent research has identified it as that of Dirk Korper. Another similar early tea-kettle on stand with lamp, by Johannes Pieters de Vos, Leeuwarden, dated 1697, is recorded (see A.C. Beeling, Nederlands Zilver 1600-1813, vol. III, Leeuwarden, 1986, pp. 214-215, illustrated).
A large part of the decoration on the kettle and stand is applied in the cut-card technique. Dutch cut-card work of this type consists of a thin piece of silver which is soldered onto a granulated body. Sometimes the applied pieces of silver are decorated with engraving, as is the case with the Chinese poppies on the body of the present kettle. The cut-card technique was applied in The Netherlands only for a relatively short period, from circa 1675 to 1730. The earliest known example of Dutch cut-card work is a tea-caddy by an anonymous Amsterdam silversmith, 1677 (see J.R. de Lorm, Amsterdams Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, p. 74-75, no. 30). Otto Albrink, the maker of the stand and lamp, also used cut-card work on a coffee urn dated 1714 (see J.W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver II, The Hague, 1958, no. 265, plate 91). An unmarked coffee-pot, dated circa 1700, with lavish cut-card ornament was sold by anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 November 2001, lot 365.
A large part of the decoration on the kettle and stand is applied in the cut-card technique. Dutch cut-card work of this type consists of a thin piece of silver which is soldered onto a granulated body. Sometimes the applied pieces of silver are decorated with engraving, as is the case with the Chinese poppies on the body of the present kettle. The cut-card technique was applied in The Netherlands only for a relatively short period, from circa 1675 to 1730. The earliest known example of Dutch cut-card work is a tea-caddy by an anonymous Amsterdam silversmith, 1677 (see J.R. de Lorm, Amsterdams Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, p. 74-75, no. 30). Otto Albrink, the maker of the stand and lamp, also used cut-card work on a coffee urn dated 1714 (see J.W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver II, The Hague, 1958, no. 265, plate 91). An unmarked coffee-pot, dated circa 1700, with lavish cut-card ornament was sold by anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 13 November 2001, lot 365.