A pair of Dutch silver casters

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A pair of Dutch silver casters

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Description

The vase-shaped body with trailed laurel swags on three sides, alternated by vertical bandwork, stylized leaf borders, the detachable pierced covers terminating in cone finial, the covers engraved with the text; ’A.J.M. van Meurs Gebooren den 29 April 1782’ marked on the circular base. Maker Gijsbertus Metman, Gorinchem, 1783.

Dimensions

H. ca 21 cm

Literature

Provenance: Property of a Dutch noble family.

Weight / Size / Quality

Together ca 741 grams

Origin / Exhibition / Lite

Provenance: acquired at A.C. Beeling & Zoon BV, Leeuwarden, 12 October 1977, during 27th "Oude Kunst- en Antiekbeurs", Delft. Literature: Catalogue 27e Oude Kunst- en Antiekbeurs, Vereeniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederland, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, 1975 (reproduced) Tentoonstelling Gorinchem