Live Auction 2859The Decorative Arts Sale
A rare pair of Dutch colonial silver spittoons
Lot 102

A rare pair of Dutch colonial silver spittoons

MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY THAT OF DIRCK VOOGHT, BATAVIA, BEFORE 1730, STRUCK WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED POSSIBLE ASSAYER'S MARK W.S, AND DATE LETTER C, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH IMPORT MARK

Closed23 March 2011

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EUR 10,625

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A rare pair of Dutch colonial silver spittoons
Maker's mark possibly that of Dirck Vooght, Batavia, before 1730, struck with an unidentified possible assayer's mark W.S, and date letter C, also struck with later Dutch import mark
Each baluster-shaped with wide flaring neck, with ribbed mid-section and rim, on short foot, marked to the bases
11.4 cm. high
534 gr. (2)

Specialist note

For an almost identical spittoon, see S.M. Voskuil-Groenewegen et al., Zilver uit de tijd van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Zwolle, 1999, ill. 53.