MARK OF RUDOLPH SONDAG, ROTTERDAM, 1764

细节

A Dutch silver hot-water kettle, stand and lamp
Mark of Rudolph Sondag, Rotterdam, 1764
The melon-shaped kettle on plain circular rim, branch-shaped spout, leaf hinged cover with large melon finial, the overhead hinged handle with bone mid-piece and leaf terminals, the shaped circular stand on three scroll capped leaf feet, an openworked mid-band of rocaille, the everted border decorated with leaves, the detachable melon-shaped lamp with leaf border, the kettle and stand each engraved with a crest, marked on stand and base
35.2 cm. high
gross 1952 gr.

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拍品专文

The engraved crests on the kettle and stand are possibly of the Rotterdam Van Schoonhoven family: a stork with in its beak an elver. Members of this family held important positions in the city council of Rotterdam. If the crest is Van Schoonhoven indeed, the kettle and stand may possibly have been acquired on the occasion of the wedding of mr. Pieter van Schoonhoven (1741-1783) and Constantia Locquet (1745-1767) on 26 March 1764. Mr. Pieter van Schoonhoven was member of the Hooge Vierschaar (court of justice) of Schieland.

For comparative literature:
Nederlands Patriciaat, Den Haag, 1926, p. 255.