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MAKER'S MARK OF HENDRIK NIEUWENHUYS, AMSTERDAM, 1777/1779 AND WITH LATER DUTY MARK FOR 1807 AND 1853
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A pair of fine Dutch silver candlesticks
Maker's mark of Hendrik Nieuwenhuys, Amsterdam, 1777/1779 and with later duty mark for 1807 and 1853
The square-shaped spreading and stepped bases cast and moulded with laurel leafage and laurel wreaths, rising to fluted columns with corinthian sockets
30 cm. (11.6 in.) high
marked inside the rim
1280 gr. (2)
Maker's mark of Hendrik Nieuwenhuys, Amsterdam, 1777/1779 and with later duty mark for 1807 and 1853
The square-shaped spreading and stepped bases cast and moulded with laurel leafage and laurel wreaths, rising to fluted columns with corinthian sockets
30 cm. (11.6 in.) high
marked inside the rim
1280 gr. (2)