Live Auction 7613Harewood: The Attic sale
A DUTCH SILVER TOY
Lot 1023

A DUTCH SILVER TOY

MARK OF JOHANNES ADRIANUS VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, DATE LETTER INDISTINCT, PROBABLY 1774

Closed9 December 2012

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GBP 5,000

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A DUTCH SILVER TOY
MARK OF JOHANNES ADRIANUS VAN GEFFEN, AMSTERDAM, DATE LETTER INDISTINCT, PROBABLY 1774
Modelled as a schoolmaster and a pupil, on octagonal chequered base, marked underneath base
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high

Almost certainly a gift to H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.