Lot 227
  • 227

A Dutch silver beaker, maker's mark HM in monogram, Groningen, 1632

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on base
  • Silver
  • height 4 5/8 in.
  • 11.7cm
flared cylindrical with die-rolled base-band and applied ropework border, engraved with strapwork enclosing vignettes of Faith, Hope and Charity, initials BE flanking Charity

Condition

some rubbing to engravings, otherwise good
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Catalogue Note

The maker's mark is probably for a member of the silversmith's family Muntinck. For more on this unidentified maker, see J.W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver: Wrought plate of the Central, Northern and Southern Provinces from the Renaissance until the End of the Eighteenth Century, 1960, p. 123-124.