Live Auction 2845The Decorative Arts Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 297

A pair of silver-gilt Butenmann figures

WITH SPURIOUS INDISTINCT AMSTERDAM MARKS, MAKER'S MARK A COVERED JAR, DATE LETTER LACKING, 19TH CENTURY

Closed24 March 2010

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EUR 10,000

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A pair of silver-gilt Butenmann figures
With spurious indistinct Amsterdam marks, maker's mark a covered jar, date letter lacking, 19th Century
Each on oval low domed base chased with fruit and foliage within a stylised ribbed band, one of a lady holding a dog and a vine staff, the other of a man holding dice and a vine staff, each with detachable tapering grape-buckets on their backs, marked on bases
19.7 cm. high max.
750 gr. (2)

Specialist note

For similar figures by Adriaan de Grebber with the mark of Delft and all dated circa 1640, see The Joseph R. Ritman Collection of 16th & 17th Century Silver, Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 May 1995, lots 4, 44 and 74.