Silver Treasures from the Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey

A Dutch silver cockerel cup, Hessel van Buren, Dordrecht, 1619

VAT reduced rate

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Realistically modelled with feather chasing, with a removable head, marked on the bezel of the head with town mark, date letter, maker's mark and a later Dutch tax mark for 1807.

20.5cm, 8in. high

308gr., 9¾oz

Acquired from Honourable Silver Objects, Antwerp, 2008,

thence by descent

V. Laloux, Ph. Cruysmans; L’œil du hibou, le bestiaire des orfèvres; Paris-Genève; 1994; p.182

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