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MAKER'S MARK OF J. VAN DER WERF, THE HAGUE, 1994
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A Dutch silver and mother-of-pearl nautilus beaker
Maker's mark of J. van der Werf, The Hague, 1994
The half moon-shaped plain base on three claw feet, applied with shells and rising to a realistically female-shaped stem, holding the silver-mounted cuppa, all over decorated with sea horses and shells, flanked by masks and garnet-set rosettes, surmounted by a fable animal's head
37.6 cm (14.3 in.) high
marked on base
(972 gr. gross)
Maker's mark of J. van der Werf, The Hague, 1994
The half moon-shaped plain base on three claw feet, applied with shells and rising to a realistically female-shaped stem, holding the silver-mounted cuppa, all over decorated with sea horses and shells, flanked by masks and garnet-set rosettes, surmounted by a fable animal's head
37.6 cm (14.3 in.) high
marked on base
(972 gr. gross)