MARK OF JOHAN GEORG MEIJER, AMSTERDAM, 1863

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A Dutch silver-gilt ink-well
Mark of Johan Georg Meijer, Amsterdam, 1863
The shaped oblong stand on four button feet, the border engraved with scrolling foliage, reeded rim, engraved 1813-1863, two circular holders with each a three scroll handle, two cut-glass baluster silver-gilt mounted bottles, with detachable circular cover engraved with scrolling foliage, one for ink and one for sand, marked on stand and mounts
11.1 cm. wide
110 gr. (excluding cut-glass bottles)

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Sale room notice

Please note that the date letter should read 1863 and not as stated in the printed catalogue and the present ink-well was originally from a series of twenty-one ink-wells given by Mr and Mrs Backer-Bierens to their cousins to celebrate their golden wedding-anniversary (1813-1863).

For an other ink-well from the same series see: H. Vreeken/A. den
Dekker, Goud en Zilver met Amsterdamse Keuren, Zwolle, 2003, p.259, no. 172.

Lot Essay

The present ink-well was originally from a series of twenty-one ink-wells given by Mr and Mrs Backer-Bierens to their cousins to celebrate their golden wedding-anniversary (1813-1863).

For an other ink-well from the same series see: H. Vreeken/A. den
Dekker, Goud en Zilver met Amsterdamse Keuren, Zwolle, 2003, p.259, no. 172.

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