Lot Essay
For a similar brandybowl by the same maker see: P. Schoen, Heereveens Zilver 1616-1813, Heerenveen, 2002, p. 43, no. 11, illustrated.
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MARK OF FEYE GERLOFS, HEERENVEEN, 1669, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK
Details
A Dutch silver brandybowl
Mark of Feye Gerlofs, Heerenveen, 1669, also struck with later Dutch duty mark
Octagonal, on octagonal foot decorated with putti, flowers and fleurs de lis, short reeded stem, one side engraved with double coat-of-arms inscribed with initials I K and I P, two sides with pending fruit and foliage and the other five sides with: Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude and Justice, two applied openwork cast handles with vacant medaillion, marked on base
19.8 cm. wide
228 gr.
Mark of Feye Gerlofs, Heerenveen, 1669, also struck with later Dutch duty mark
Octagonal, on octagonal foot decorated with putti, flowers and fleurs de lis, short reeded stem, one side engraved with double coat-of-arms inscribed with initials I K and I P, two sides with pending fruit and foliage and the other five sides with: Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude and Justice, two applied openwork cast handles with vacant medaillion, marked on base
19.8 cm. wide
228 gr.
Provenance
With A.C. Beeling, Leeuwarden, 1971.
Literature
Elias Voet Jr., Merken van Friese Goud- en Zilversmeden, The Hague, 1974, p. 124, no. 277 (possibly the same brandybowl).
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Please note that this mark is now attributed to Feye Gerlofs and not as stated in the printed catalogue.