MAKER'S MARK UNIDENTIFIED, IL UNDER CROWN (STUYCK NO. 4922), MONS, 1713-1714

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A fine Belgian silver chocolate pot
Maker's mark unidentified, IL under crown (Stuyck no. 4922), Mons, 1713-1714
Plain, pear-shaped body, on three high scroll partly fluted feet with leaf terminals, reeded rim, black wooden scroll handle, shaped spout with hinged cover, hinged low domed cover attached by pin and chain, scroll thumb-piece and revolving ball finial, engraved with double coat-of-arms, marked on base
25.3 cm. high
gross 1148 gr.

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Lot Essay

For more high quality works by this unidentified distinguished Mons maker see: Catalogue of the exhibition, Legaat Pierre Lunden, Provinciaal Museum Sterckshof, Deurne, 1977, nos. 21, 26 and 27, illustrated.

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