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A Dutch silver sweetmeat wedding-basket, bruidssuikermandje
Lot 365

A Dutch silver sweetmeat wedding-basket, bruidssuikermandje

MARK OF SVANTE STRIDBECK, AMSTERDAM, 1786, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK OF 1795 FOR AMSTERDAM AND A LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK; THE COMPARTMENT STRUCK WITH DUTCH DUTY MARK OF 1853

Closed22 September 2010

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EUR 2,750

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A Dutch silver sweetmeat wedding-basket, bruidssuikermandje
Mark of Svante Stridbeck, Amsterdam, 1786, also struck with later Dutch duty mark of 1795 for Amsterdam and a later Dutch duty mark; the compartment struck with Dutch duty mark of 1853
The oval basket on four feet, the openwork body pierced with a band of roundels between an oval pierced band and vertical straps, between beaded boorders, the swing handles of beads, the detachable four compartment division centred by a later flower stem, the base with scratched inventory numbers, marked on base
13.2 cm. wide
288 gr.

Specialist note

Serving sweetmeat at engagement parties and weddings began during the 17th Century. Almonds were soaked for twenty-four hours, sugared and mixed with rose-water and finely cooked. Today these and other kinds of sweets are still served as wedding sweets.
In the second half of the 18th Century a special sweetmeat wedding-basket appeared. The basket was fitted with a centrepiece which divided the basket in two or four separated areas, which prevented mixing of the different wedding sweetmeats. The decoration of the centrepieces vary, they typically include designs of flowers, birds or columns. The centrepiece was removable enabling the basket to be used for other purposes after the wedding.