Lot Essay
For a similar chamberstick see: Jet Pijzel-Dommisse, Het Hollandse pronkpoppenhuis, Interieur en huishouden in de 17de en 18de eeuw, Zwolle, 2000, p. 152, no 247, illustrated.
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APPARENTLY ONLY STRUCK WITH MARK OF MICHIEL MAENBEEK, AMSTERDAM, 1662-1666
Details
A Dutch silver miniature chamberstick
Apparently only struck with mark of Michiel Maenbeek, Amsterdam, 1662-1666
Of lobed hexagonal form, the centre with spool-shaped socket and openwork shaped handle, the base inscribed T P, marked on back of handle
7.6 cm. long
9 gr.
Apparently only struck with mark of Michiel Maenbeek, Amsterdam, 1662-1666
Of lobed hexagonal form, the centre with spool-shaped socket and openwork shaped handle, the base inscribed T P, marked on back of handle
7.6 cm. long
9 gr.
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