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THE NETHERLANDS, MID 19TH CENTURY; MAKER'S MARK J.M. VAN KEMPEN & ZONEN, VOORSCHOTEN, 1884 (SPOONS)
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A Dutch tortoise-shell spoon-box with silver teaspoons
The Netherlands, mid 19th Century; maker's mark J.M. van Kempen & Zonen, Voorschoten, 1884 (spoons)
Oblong, on four wooden ball supports, with wavy sides, shaped lock with fitting key, the hinged glass cover with ivory border and tortoise-shell sides, lined with violet velvet and a mirror bottom, containing twelve teaspoons, a pair of sugar-tongues, a caddy-spoon and a tea-strainer, each with beaded border
marked on handles
The Netherlands, mid 19th Century; maker's mark J.M. van Kempen & Zonen, Voorschoten, 1884 (spoons)
Oblong, on four wooden ball supports, with wavy sides, shaped lock with fitting key, the hinged glass cover with ivory border and tortoise-shell sides, lined with violet velvet and a mirror bottom, containing twelve teaspoons, a pair of sugar-tongues, a caddy-spoon and a tea-strainer, each with beaded border
marked on handles