MARK OF ANDRIES SJOUKES, FRANEKER, 1663

Details

A DUTCH SILVER BRANDY BOWL
MARK OF ANDRIES SJOUKES, FRANEKER, 1663
Octagonal on spreading foot with openwork flat handles, the body engraved with female figures in cartouches framed by scrolls and fruit trophies, one cartouche with a coat-of-arms, engraved on base with initials I. B., marked underneath
8 in. (20 cm.) wide
8 oz. 17 dwt. (276 gr.)
The arms are those of the van Burmania, possibly for Rints van Burmania (1619-1685).

Provenance

Miss M. Lemke, The Hague, 1927.

Literature

E. Voet jr., Merken van Friese goud- en zilversmeden, The Hague, 1974, p. 322, no. 759.

Exhibited

Leeuwarden, Catalogus der tentoonstelling van antieke goud- en zilverwerken het Friesch Museum te Leeuwarden, 1927, no. 345, (Miss M. Lemke).

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Lot Essay

Another brandy bowl of 1642 with mark of Laurens Thomas in the collection of the Rijksmuseum is illlustrated in J. W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver, vol. 2, The Hague, 1960, pl. 220, p. 87 and 183.

We would like to thank Mr Jan Schipper for his help in identifying the maker of this bowl.

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