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| 18th Century Dutch Silver Chestnut Vase - Possibly Zutphen, Hendrik Wolters
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Reference: S1803
Period: George III
Year: Circa 1765-1811
Silversmith: Hendrik Jurrien Wolters
Place: Zutphen
Price: $ 1 450.00
Weight: 407 grams
Dimensions: 17.7 cm height
Condition: Good, no dents or visible repairs, but the absence of interior gilding may indicate past repair. Ivory finial slightly loose, silver nut still present. Worn engraving on lid.
Description: A beautiful Dutch silver chestnut vase, possibly made in the late 18th century by Hendrik Jurrien Wolters in Zutphen. The vase is urn shaped, on a stepped and reeded oval base, with matching reeded rim. The lid has an ivory oval baluster finial, capped with a silver ball, and the faint remains of an engraved crest and owners initials. The interior of the lid is gilded. The base interior has no gilding or engraving. The base has 3 hallmarks, cross (possibly Zutphen town mark), head or tree mark (similar to English Georgian duty mark), and makers mark HI or IH, or possibly even HP. We have tentatively identified this as Zutphen, given the similarity of the cross to the Zutphen town mark, and Hendrik Jurrien Wolters, who used a mark HIW (all assistance welcome). Previously this vase was described as Indian Colonial or Cape Silver by a Cape Town based auction house, we prefer the Dutch attribution, we even considered the vase could be Dutch Colonial in origin. This vase was also previously described as a tea caddy (theebus).
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Dutch tea caddy
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Silver tea caddy, lid off
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Ivory finial, Silver tea caddy
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Gilded interior of lid - silver tea caddy
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Base of silver tea caddy
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Worn crest and initials, silver tea caddy
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Hallmarks - Dutch silver tea caddy
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Silver hallmarks - maltese cross, duty mark, IH makers mark
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Scale - Dutch silver theebus
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