MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY THAT OF CASPAR DIDERICK MAASMAN, THE HAGUE, 1748

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A rare ewer a double usage and basin
Maker's mark possibly that of Caspar Diderick Maasman, The Hague, 1748
The plain baluster ewer with moulded spout engraved with a coat-of-arms below, partly wooden ebonised scroll handle the moulded domed hinged cover with baluster finial, the hinge with detachable chained pin, the shaped oblong basin with high raised border with applied moulded band, the centre engraved with a coat-of-arms, the underneath inscribed: "Deeze zilvere Kan en Schotel zijn tot prefent gegeven; wegens den naam van Lamoraal Ulbo, door deszelfs grootmoeder Rengers gebooren Unia : Doch deeze Lamoraal Ulbo komende te overlijden, dan, aan die hem in naam mogt volgen.
Ewer 21.5 cm. (8 1/2 in.) high, basin 35.5 cm. (14 in.) wide
On ewer and basin
(1.624 gr. gross.)

Lot Essay

The cover and finial of the offered ewer are detachable, which indicates this ewer has been made to function as chocolate-pot too.
Another ewer and basin from 1749 by Arend Hoogland from Haarlem (J.W. Frederiks, Dutch silver, Part II, no. 371) owned by the Dutch Reformed Church in Alkmaar.
An earlier ewer and basin by Reynier Boldijn, Amsterdam 1736 is preserved in the Amsterdam Historisch Museum.
Christie's Amsterdam sold a ewer and basin by Alger Mensma, Amsterdam 1728, on December 3, 1992 (lot 1071).
The coat-of-arms are those of Rengers
see illustration

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