A Dutch silver salver, Caspar Diderick Maasman, The Hague, 1732

circular, engraved with two crests, a monogram HPS and a coat-of-arms, the underside engraved with scratchweight and number N.4 4ll 17L 

some surface scratches commensurate with use, good clear marks, good weight.
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For the identification of the maker's mark, see Jet Pijzel-Dommisse (ed.), Haags Goudn en zilver, The Hague, 2005, fig. 153.

The arms are those of von Aldenburg of Oldenburg for Anton II, Graf von Aldenburg (1681-1738). He was the posthumous son of Anton I, Graf von Aldenburg (1633-1680), Governor of Oldenburg in 1677, the year in which the city of Oldenburg passed to Christian V of Denmark following the death of the last representative of the House of Oldenburg. Upon Anton I’s death, John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1634-1704), supported by the Danish king, assumed most of von Aldenburg’s estates. In consequence, Anton I’s widow, who was Charlotte Emilie de La Trémoille (1652 - 1732), and his son were obliged to live in the family’s only remaining property, the medieval Doorwech Castle, near the City of Arnhem in the Netherlands. At his majority, Anton II came to an agreement with Frederick IV, the new King of Denmark whereby in 1706 he regained his family estates. He subsequently became very close to the royal family, was honoured with the Order of the Elephant on 27 April 1708 and walked in the cortege at the King’s funeral in 1730.
Anton II, Graf von Aldenburg had two daughters. One was Charlotte Sophie von Aldenburg (1715-1800), who married the wealthy Dutch nobleman and politician, William Bentinck (1704-1774), son of the 1st Earl of Portland. She eventually lived apart from her husband, however, in a relationship in Oldenburg with Count Albrecht Wolfgang of Schaumburg-Lippe, which caused a great scandal in contemporary Germany. It was she who maintained an intense correspondence with the French philosopher, Voltaire who was inspired by her in his writing of his novel, Candide.