A pair of Dutch Empire silver chestnut vases

MAKER'S MARK JACOB H. STELLINGWERF, AMSTERDAM, 1809

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A pair of Dutch Empire silver chestnut vases
Maker's mark Jacob H. Stellingwerf, Amsterdam, 1809
Each of vase form, the stepped oval base with reeded bands, rising to a plain body with reeded bands and beaded along the edge, with shaped reeded handles, the raised cover with reeded rims and high-domed fluted top surmounted by a flame finial
36cm. high
marked on base
2240gr. (2)

Lot Essay

The use of chestnut vases is not quite clear. They may have been used for roasted chestnuts, serving chestnut-puree or were placed on a chimney filled with sweet chestnuts (J.R. ter Molen, Zilver, Rotterdam, 1994, p. 254; A.L. den Blaauwen, Nederlands zilver 1580-1830, The Hague, 1979, p. 318).

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