The Contents of Keerweder
Live Auction, 22 - 23 October 2012
Session 3
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 24 508
About this Item
A Batavian silver commemorative salver (Gedachtenisblad), maker's initials SH, mid 18th century, with later Dutch foreign import tax marks for 1814-1953
shaped square, with pierced shell and foliate border, the reverse with inscription 'Ter Gedagtenis Van Juff Bartha Helena Van Suchtelen, Geboren Tot Batavia, den 13th April A=1710, En Aldaar bert Cen 19th= January A=1743, dud 32 zaaren 9 Maanden En 6 Dagen', restorations, 640g, 31cm square
Literature
cf. V.O.C.-Zilver, Zilver uit de periode van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, 17de en 18de eeuw, Collective Haags Gemeentemuseum, Mei 1983, where a similar example is illustrated on page 38
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