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THE FIRST MARK OF JOHANNES A. VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, 1777, THE SECOND MAKER'S MARK A HEART, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, CHIMNEY CROOK MAKER'S MARK ONLY OF BARTHOLOMEUS VAN DEN BOOM, HAARLEM, CIRCA 1680, THE KETTLE MARK OF ARNOLDUS VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, 1755
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Four various dutch silver miniature toys
The first mark of Johannes A. van Geffen, Amsterdam, 1777, the second maker's mark a heart, early 18th century, chimney crook maker's mark only of Bartholomeus van den Boom, Haarlem, circa 1680, the kettle mark of Arnoldus van Geffen, Amsterdam, 1755
The trivet on three plain feet, the handle with baluster finial, the banded basket with hinged cover and plain handle, the chimney crook of usual shape, the circular cooking-pot with hinged swing handle, marked on bodies
10.2 cm. long and smaller
62 gr. (4)
The first mark of Johannes A. van Geffen, Amsterdam, 1777, the second maker's mark a heart, early 18th century, chimney crook maker's mark only of Bartholomeus van den Boom, Haarlem, circa 1680, the kettle mark of Arnoldus van Geffen, Amsterdam, 1755
The trivet on three plain feet, the handle with baluster finial, the banded basket with hinged cover and plain handle, the chimney crook of usual shape, the circular cooking-pot with hinged swing handle, marked on bodies
10.2 cm. long and smaller
62 gr. (4)
Provenance
B.W.G. Wttewaall collection (inventory nos. V624, V702, V707, V721).
Literature
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 334, 336, ill. 1024, 1025 (left), 1031 (middle).
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