A Dutch silver mustard-pot and two salt-cellars
A Dutch silver mustard-pot and two salt-cellars

THE MUSTARD-POT WITH THE MARK OF LUCAS VAN GIFFEN II, GRONINGEN, 1790/91; THE SALT-CELLARS WITH THE MARK OF FIRMA VAN GIFFEN, GRONINGEN, CIRCA 1800

Details
A Dutch silver mustard-pot and two salt-cellars
The mustard-pot with the mark of Lucas van Giffen II, Groningen, 1790/91; the salt-cellars with the mark of Firma van Giffen, Groningen, circa 1800
The mustard-pot vase-shaped on circular vaulted foot, with rectangular handles, the body decorated with pillars and festoons, the hinged cover with urn-shaped finial, with glass liner, marked on base; the salt-cellars of oval shape, on four tapering legs decorated with rosettes, marked on feet
The mustard-pot 16 cm. high; the salt-cellars 5.5 cm. high
304 gr. (3)
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Groninger Zilver, Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1975, no. 246.
J.P. van Rijen, Groninger Keur - Zilver uit Stad en Ommelanden, Groningen, 1997, p. 126, no. 83; p. 134, no. 91.
Exhibited
Groningen, Groninger Museum, Groninger Zilver, April-May 1975, no. 246.

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