拍品 148
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THREE SPANISH SILVER CRUET BOTTLES

细节
THREE SPANISH SILVER CRUET BOTTLES
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The first of vase-shaped form, on reeded circular foot, with stepped shoulder and sweeping scroll side handles, the high domed cover with reeded rim and ovoid finial, the next vase-shaped on reeded circular rim foot, the body engraved with matted scrolls amid geometric decoration, with scroll side handles, the high domed cover with ovoid finial, the third vase-shaped on circular foot, with plain body and reeded knopped shoulder, the high domed cover with ovoid finial, apparently unmarked--average height 5 1/4in. (13.3cm.)
(20 oz. 10 dwt.) (3)

拍品专文

Probably components of a taller de mesa, or domestic cruet stand, these bottles were probably intended for oils or spices (see C. Hartop, "New Light on Spanish 17th Century Silver", Silver Journal, N.S., Spring 1990, pp. ).