MARK OF F.A. HOEKER & ZOON, AMSTERDAM, 1900, ASSAYER'S MARK OF REINDER VAN CALCAR, SCHOONHOVEN

Details

A small Dutch silver teapot after a design of Jan Eisenloeffel
Mark of F.A. Hoeker & Zoon, Amsterdam, 1900, assayer's mark of Reinder van Calcar, Schoonhoven
Pear-shaped, hammered, canted tapering spout with applied nailed heart-shaped backplate, a low domed hinged cover centred by a blue enamel and yellow rosette (finial missing), scroll caned handle, applied hinged thumbpiece, marked on base
9.5 cm. high
gross 324 gr.

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Lot Essay

Although without his mark this teapot is almost certainly by the famous Dutch designer Jan Eisenloeffel. Cf. Annelies Krekel, et al., Jan Eisenloeffel 1876-1957, Zwolle, 1996, p. 112 and illustration VII for a closely related copper teapot.

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