Live Auction 2855The Decorative Arts Sale
A fine Dutch silver bread-basket
Lot 282

A fine Dutch silver bread-basket

MARK OF FRANÇOIS VAN STAPELE, THE HAGUE, 1763, ALSO STRUCK WITH SOME LATER DUTY MARKS

Closed22 September 2010

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EUR 27,400

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A fine Dutch silver bread-basket
Mark of François van Stapele, The Hague, 1763, also struck with some later duty marks
Oval, on 'rope' footrim, with pierced wickerwork sides, applied C-scroll and foliate upper rim with two openwork handles, marked on base
40.5 cm. wide
1682 gr.

Specialist note

A later example of this bread-basket dated 1766 by the same maker was sold with Christie's Amsterdam, 14 June 2007, lot 246.
An example dated 1764 is illustrated in J. Pijzel-Domisse et al., Haags goud en zilver, Zwolle, 2005, p. 138.