Lot Essay
In Heshuysen's inventory four silver spoons are recorded as number 69.
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THE FIRST WITH MAKER'S MARK AND DATE LETTER INDISTINCT, SCHOONHOVEN, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY; THE SECOND STRUCK WITH A HOUSEMARK AND 'R.D.', POSSIBLY AREA OF ZWOLLE, ZUTPHEN, DEVENTER, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY
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Two Dutch silver spoons
The first with maker's mark and date letter indistinct, Schoonhoven, probably 17th Century; the second struck with a housemark and 'R.D.', possibly area of Zwolle, Zutphen, Deventer, probably 17th Century
The first with stepped finial, the bowl engraved to the reverse M.D.; the second with plain canted handle terminating in a figure of a soldier holding a rifle and a shield engraved HB between crossed implements, the bowl engraved on the reverse M:N:V:D:J:, marked on bowls
19.4 and 19.5 cm. long
80 gr. (2)
The first with maker's mark and date letter indistinct, Schoonhoven, probably 17th Century; the second struck with a housemark and 'R.D.', possibly area of Zwolle, Zutphen, Deventer, probably 17th Century
The first with stepped finial, the bowl engraved to the reverse M.D.; the second with plain canted handle terminating in a figure of a soldier holding a rifle and a shield engraved HB between crossed implements, the bowl engraved on the reverse M:N:V:D:J:, marked on bowls
19.4 and 19.5 cm. long
80 gr. (2)
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