Brussels | Master with the crowned six-pointed star
Régence | 1737-1740
Silver | Fully marked | Engraved with the initials ‘AVH’
H. 18 cm. 277 gram
PROVENANCE
Private collection | The Netherlands
REFERENCE LITERATURE
Vanwittenbergh, J. (1979). Zilver met Brusselse keuren. Brussel. Brussels, p. 152, nr. 140
Detremmerie, M. (2000). Magie van de Edelsmeedkunst. Gent p. 65, nr. 68.
CATALOGUE NOTE
Decorated with alternating panels of engravings on a matted ground, is raised on a foot in similar outline. The detachable high-domed cover with urn-shaped finial is pierced and engraved with trelliswork. The foot rim bears the initials ‘AVH‘. Fully marked at the reverse of the body. For a teapot and a chocolate pot by the same anonymous master, who could not be identified yet, see the associated literature.