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  • A book binding, containing a combination notebook, compass, mirror, sundial and a portrait miniature

    Of oblong section, the hinged covers with silver overlay on a gold ground pierced with monkeys, squirrels and…

  • A magnificent silver-gilt casket

    A rectangular partially gilded silver chest on four cast feet in the form of grotesques. The sides are…

  • A salt cellar

    Of octagonal section, the stepped reeded and partly smooth base divided by a protruding broad rim chased with…

  • A book binding

    The cover lined with gold leaf below pierced and engraved silver mounts to obverse and reverse, decorated with…

  • A Dutch silver book binding

    The cover pierced and engraved on both sides with a vase, foliage flowers and C-scrolls, in the centre…

  • A pineapple cup

    The round cuppa adorned with three rows of lobes under a smooth upper rim, the lower part with…

  • A superb marriage casket

    The front finely engraved with a cartouche containing the personification of Love, flanked on both sides by family…

  • A rare silver spice box

    Rectangular, the smooth body with a double rim at the bottom, the lid with a protruding lower edge…

  • The Heda tazza

    The chased silver tazza or drinking dish is resting on a knopped stem above a chased foot. The…

  • A plaque with a flower festoon above a table by Dirck van Rijswijck

    Signed, lower right, in hanging shield: Dirck van Rÿswÿck invenit et f This hitherto unpublished plaque by Dirck van…

  • A mother-of-pearl plaquette from the Seba collection

    Venus with nymph and two cupids by a waterfall In a pearl oyster shell, Venus, a nymph and…

  • A silver girdle

    A silver girdle, shaped from twisted mail, a closing buckle and a ring to which flat ornaments are…

  • An engraved silver wedding medal case

    The obverse is engraved with Charity with two children on her lap, seated by a house. In her…

  • A nautilus cup

    The nautilus shell, with two pinned vertical engraved silver gilt strap mounts, constructed to fit closely over the…

  • An engraved silver brandy bowl

    Of octagonal form, the sides engraved with oval, stylised cartouches framing personifications of the Five Senses, Hearing, Sight,…

  • A finely engraved silver tobacco box

    The box of octagonal section, the vaulted lid with accolade-shaped end to either side, centred at the inside…

  • A gold engraved portrait medal representing the Infanta Mary of Austria by Simon de Passe

    Signed, on the reverse: Simon Pass fecit. Lond. Inscribed on the obverse: SERENma. D. MARIA D’AUSTRIA PHILIPPI III….

  • A interesting pair of barrel shaped mustard pots

    Een paar zilveren mosterdpotten, beide tonvormig, het gladde potje verticaal gegraveerd met pseudo gebogen houten spanen waaromheen vier…

  • The Stroganov charka

    Of cylindrical section, on short trumpet-shaped folded foot ring, the body rising to slightly flaring upper rim and…

  • Four platters from the John Hope dinner service

    Each shaped oval with molded rim, comprising one large, two medium and a smaller platter. Engraved with the…

  • An engraved silver marriage medal

    An engraved silver marriage medal depicting an elegant couple, their hands clasped, surrounded with a rhyming inscription: “De…

  • An impressive engraved marriage beaker

    A trumpet shaped engraved silver beaker, the slightly spreading base with reeded and corded rims, the upper part…

  • A circular seal box or ‘skippet’ engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Seven United Provinces

    Of circular section, the flat and smooth independent cover beautifully engraved with the coat-of-arms of the Seven United…

  • A fire-gilt ‘Plooischotel’

    An octafoil shaped, embossed, silver-gilt “plooischotel”. The rim, fluted at intervals, is chased with flowers and foliage divided…

  • A plaque representing Mercury, Argus and Io in a wooded landscape

    A scene chased in high relief based on a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, I, verses 668-721. Argos is…

  • A silver cup and cover modeled as a hen

    Realistically modelled, with detachable head, on domed base chased and engraved with expressive scenes of birds amongst scrolls…

  • A gold pocket watch

    The cast and chased outer case with a mythological scene telling the story of  the hunt of the…

  • A plaquette representing Pan pursuing Syrinx

    The scene represented is based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, I, 689-713 which tells the story of the nymph Syrinx…

  • An astronomical pre-balance spring pendant watch

    The pre-balance movement with chain/fusee, engraved and pierced movement pillars, verge escapement applied blued pierced click work, iron…

  • A trowel for a clandestine church

    Of typical triangular outline, the shaped upper border issuing a curved stem and canted tapering handle, the smooth…

  • A pair of altar pricket-candlesticks

    The chased candlestick of circular outline, raised on three quadrilateral volute and foliate feet applied with reducing beadwork…

  • An ice beaker

    Of cylindrical section, the partially guilt beaker with matted surface, the body with two smooth medallions one of…

  • Klinkglas of ‘drinkuyt’

    In de late achttiende eeuw beschrijft J. le Francq van Berkhey in de Natuurlyke Historie van Holland dat…

  • A silver-gilt terrestrial and celestial pocket globe pair

    A fine and rare terrestrial globe, containing a slightly smaller celestial sphere, both unsigned, each made up of…

  • An engraved mother-of-pearl plaquette

    A landscape with two figures and a dog in the front. On the left side a couple of…

  • A green glass bottle with silver mounts

    A bottle of green glass on an plain silver base rim, the upper half of the body is…

  • Een nautilus bokaal, gegraveerd met twee scenes verband houdend met het Ontzet van Leiden

    De schelpmond of ‘woonkamer’ is aan twee zijden gegraveerd met historische taferelen verband houdend met het Ontzet van…

  • A circular silver tazza-dish embossed with a hunting scene

    A circular silver tazza-dish embossed with a hunting scene surrounded by a band of overlapping leaves encircled by…

  • A pair of Dutch silver chestnut vases

    Each on four bun feet, the square base with circular raised centre with reeded band and plain knob…

  • A gold pendant presented to Archduke Albert VII

    A jewel with four loop shanks, to allow fastening to a hat or other apparel with thread. The…

  • A Mazer Bowl

    The mounted silver band is engraved with the following text: WIE – BENIT – EN- ANDERS- PROFIT- DAET…

  • An openworked knot box

    A circular silver marriage casket on three even flat feet. A cast marriage coin is mounted in the…

  • A showpiece dolls’ house furnished with a collection of 200 17th century Dutch silver miniatures

    This Dutch cabinet is furnished with 200 17th century Dutch silver miniatures. We have sold it at TEFAF…

  • Anna Maria Trip Dolls’ house

    In her extensive reference work Het Hollandse Pronkpoppenhuis, Interieur en Huishouden in de 17de en 18de eeuw (‘The…

  • The Judgement of Midas

    A gold snuff box of rectangular form by Jean Saint, the lid featuring a fine plaque chased with…

  • A rare Dutch silver tumbler cup

    A smooth silver tumbler cup with a slightly concave bottom. The edge is slightly constricted, below is a…

  • The Vaillant dinner service with 12 Royal soup plates

    The French influence on table habits and table services was once again noticeable in Europe in the beginning…

  • An engraved silver-gilt wedding casket

    A rectangular silver-gilt casket standing on four ball feet. The four sides and the lid are engraved with…

  • A rare Dutch silver engraved beggar medal

    Beggar’s medals were made during the early days of the Dutch Revolt and the first half of the…

  • A gilt-brass, gold-mounted, enamel and rock crystal verge watch

    The oval gilt-brass pre-spring verge movement with engraved pillars, gut line fusee and worm and wheel set up,…

  • A Dutch silver miniature ice skating scene
  • The Van Donia-Haytsma Tankard

    The body of circular section, on ringed spreading foot applied with serrated silver mount, the smooth body with…

  • A Dutch silver book cover

    The engraved, chiselled silver binding with green velvet lining, the interior with hinged sundial and compass, a mirror,…

  • A finely engraved beaker from Franeker

    A trumpet shaped engraved silver beaker, the slightly spreading base with reeded and corded rims, the upper part…

  • HEPHAISTOS

    Silversmith Daan Brouwer (active in Haarlem, from 2005 ) recently forged a new piece of magnificent quality, hence…

  • Orpheus enchanting the animals

    A Dutch micro-carving, sculpted in relief, representing Orpheus enchanting the animals, in a contemporary embossed wood and gilt…

  • Grotesque little monster

    The body of a snail, the legs of an ostrich, a head that is birdlike yet human: the…

  • A rare coffee urn

    A SILVER COFFEE URN DECORATED WITH ‘CUT-CARD’ TECHNIQUE A chased lobed coffee-urn in conical shape supported by three…

  • A knot box

    This exceptionally well engraved marriage box stands on three smooth ball feet while its cover and sides are…

  • An engraved marriage casket

    In The Netherlands, the most important silver object that is associated with marriage is the marriage casket, the so-called…

  • An important silver and agate box. Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte 1911

    Josef Hoffmann ( Pirnitz 1870-1956 Vienna) was one of the founders of the Vienna Secession, an artists’ group…

  • Judaica. A Dutch gold travelling Hanukkah menorah

    The back plate in decorated with embossed scrolling flower stems. In the centre at the top is an…

  • A pair of early Dutch silver candlesticks

    A pair of large silver candlesticks, each on a circular, slightly convex foot with an even rim supporting…

  • A rock crystal goblet with golden mounts

    A rock crystal goblet with golden mounts. The goblet has three nodes and is raised on a circular…

  • A richly engraved beaker

    The tapering silver beaker is raised on a flat even foot with a rope-twist rim and is decorated…

  • A Dutch silver box

    An embossed oval silver box with domed hinged cover, raised on four bifurcated feet. The cover’s flat plain…

  • Tea chest

    Mother of pearl, with silver tea caddies A mother-of-pearl veneered tea chest, decorated with carved motifs of birds…

  • A Marriage casket.

    A cylindrical pierced and engraved silver marriage casket raised on three plain bun feet. The flat cover has…

  • Beaker

    A silver trumpet-shaped beaker on a moulded footrim. The upper part is engraved with strapwork, pending fruit, scrolling…

  • A Dutch silver coffee urn

    A square coffee-urn with rounded corners embellished with detachable lion’s heads suspending loose rings and issuing four tall…

  • Wedding medal

    ‘Daer is myn Trow, myn hert n zin Hout Daer Jonckvrouw Die ick Bemin En ander gheen 1630’

  • An allegory of trade and commerce

    A rectangular silver engraved scene of a wharf. In the background a ketch bearing the name Laudon and…

  • A Dutch silver filigree tea service

    A nine-part filigree silver tea-service, comprising six openworked teabowl-holders, a sweetmeat dish, a cream-bowl and a tea-casket with…

  • A Rococo basket

    A Dutch silver basket.