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A small Dutch silver basket
MARK OF WIJNAND WARNEKE, AMSTERDAM, 1773
Details
A small Dutch silver basket
MARK OF WIJNAND WARNEKE, AMSTERDAM, 1773
The shaped oval basket on four foliate and flower feet, the body pierced with flowers, foliage and scrolls, the scroll rim alternated with two foliate and flower ornaments, the two shaped handles with foliate and flower ornaments, marked on base
18.8 cm. long
180 gr.
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Sale room notice
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Lot Essay
For a similar basket by the same maker in 1771, see: H. Vreeken, Goud en Zilver met Amsterdamse keuren, Zwolle, 2002, p.181, no. 85, illustrated.
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