22nd Nov, 2023 11:00

European Works of Art

 
Lot 135
 

135

A DUTCH SILVER MARRIAGE CASKET, DATED 1748

oblong and on ball feet, swing handle, seraph clasp, the sides engraved with vignettes of figures in interiors or landscapes, the domed lid with pairs of figures all emblematic of marriage, surrounded by scroll foliage, dolphins and birds, the underside with pricked inscription 'Dit heeft Fietke / Hiddes tot een Gedagtenis / aen Laes Jans gegewen /1748', unmarked, later control marks, 7.5cm long

Sold for £5,000


 

oblong and on ball feet, swing handle, seraph clasp, the sides engraved with vignettes of figures in interiors or landscapes, the domed lid with pairs of figures all emblematic of marriage, surrounded by scroll foliage, dolphins and birds, the underside with pricked inscription 'Dit heeft Fietke / Hiddes tot een Gedagtenis / aen Laes Jans gegewen /1748', unmarked, later control marks, 7.5cm long