Two Dutch Silver Corkscrews, Mid 18th Century
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Two Dutch Silver Corkscrews, Mid 18th Century
the first with lion finial, marked only with duty mark for 1807, possibly by Hendrik Smook, Amsterdam, circa 1760; the second with the finial with the bust of Prince Willem V of Orange, the other side with his wife Princess Wilhelmina, marked at base rim with a star in circle, circa 1750
3.6 oz gross
113 g
length 3 ¾ in.
9.3 cm
The Wttewaall Silver Collection, sold;
Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 December 2007, lot 92;
Where acquired by the present collector.
B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 169-170, ill. 509 (left).
See Cf. B.W.G. Wttewaall, Nederlands Klein Zilver, Abcoude, 2003, pp. 170-171, ill. 512 (left) for an almost identical corkscrew with lion finial by H. Smook, dated 1757.
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