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Lot 1163 Dα

A pair of Amsterdam silver sweetmeats baskets

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 700 €

A pair of Amsterdam silver sweetmeats baskets

Deep oval baskets with hinged handles and engraved Neoclassical decor. Possibly originally intended as salts with glass insets. H with handles 12; W 10; D 6.2 cm, total weight 143 g.
Marks of Diederik Willem Rethmeyer, 1787 - 1792.

Literature

For more on Rethmeyer cf. cat. Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle 1999, cat. no. 143, 158, 169.