19th Century Dutch silver miniature kettle on stand

A Dutch silver miniature kettle on stand. ( a Bouilloire). The kettle with fixed lid with a swan on it is hanging in the base, which is gracefully decorated with curly leaf motif legs on a base. Dutch silver hallmarked with the old sword, used during 1814-1906. 

The master mark is partly legible but still faded. (probably between 1814-1830)

The kettle in total measures 5 cm high, with sprout 4 cm wide and the depth is 3.5 cm. The total weight is 40.9 grams

Reference # M2025

Dutch silver miniature brazier on tripod base, 19th century

A Dutch silver miniature brazier on a tripod base with a lidded bucket inside. 

The silver brazier is Dutch silver hallmarked with the old sword, used between 1814 and 1906. 

The brazier is 5.5 cm high and with handle 7 cm

The brazier has a diagonal of 3.2 cm 

The total weight is 29.5 grams

Reference # M2026

Dutch silver miniature coffee pot by Johannes Hendrik Bing, 1847-1878

A Dutch silver miniature coffee pot with filter and lid. The coffee pot and the filter with floral decoration. Dutch silver hallmarked with the old sword, used between 1814 and 1906. The master sign is from Johannes Hendrik Bing, Amsterdam. This master sign hallmark is used between 1847-1878. 

The coffee pot is 2.5 cm high and with filter 3.5 cm, 4 cm wide and the depth is 2.5 cm. 

The total weight is 9.5 grams

Reference # M2027

A Portuguese silver inkstand from the early 19th century

This early 19th century silver inkstand consists of a tray, raised on paw feet with openwork border with a pen holder, a candle holder, an inkwell and a silver sand pot. In the middle is a table bell (without bell). Portuguese silver hallmarked.

From 1690 onwards, the Portuguese hallmark system was based on a series of city marks. In this hallmark the letter L for Lisbon, crowned by a crown (1690-1887). This inkstand has undergone a change, by adding pipe attributes. In the candle holder, a pipe stopper fits and in the pen holder two pipe cleaners. The pot with lid, without bell, was used for tobacco. The set can simply be used again for the desk as an inkstand and leaves out the loose tobacco parts. The silver is also Dutch hallmarked with the Tax mark and the pipe stopper with the silver hallmark "sword" (originating in The Hague)

The measurement is 1 cm high, 17,5 cm wide and the depth is 10,5 cm

The total weight is 470 grams

Reference # M2028

Dutch 18th Century Fob seal with coat of arms

A Dutch 18th Century silver fob seal with coat of arms. A lacquer seal/signet to seal a letter or deed. Signets are wax stamps, also called cachet or hand seal.

After 1953 it is re-hallmarked with the Dutch silver hallmark "ZII" 

In the 18th Century this will be 833/000 purity of silver

The photos show damage to the signet, which has been enlarged with a loupe 

The measurement of the signet is 3,3 cm high, 2 cm wide and the depth is 1,5 cm. 

The weight is 8 grams

Reference # M1698

Dutch silver serving spoon by Lang & Koops, Rotterdam 1848

A serving spoon made of silver, used for serving wet fruit in the 19th Century

It is a Dutch serving spoon, with the Dutch hallmarks on the back of the short handle.

The handle and the spoon is engraved with floral scroll pattern. The spoon is openwork by hand-sawn in a thin Dutch piece of silver with beautiful contours.

The silver hallmarks are the "Lion2" The Lion is for the Dutch silver Hallmark and the 2 for 833/000 purity of silver. The Yearletter O for the Year 1848. The Minerva head (office), but the letter of the office is faded. The Master sign of Fa. Lang & Koops, Rotterdam. They used this mark between 1847-1864

The lengt of the spoon is 16 cm. the width is 9 cm and 3 cm high (flat)

The weight is 38 grams

Reference # M1700

Koch & Bergfeld German silver teaspoons, 1884-1893

Koch & Bergfeld silver with gold plated teaspoons with blue and white enamel

In a presentation box covered with soft fabric. German silver with the silver hallmarks of Koch & Bergfeld, Bremen, Germany. Founded in 1829. The hallmark has been used from 1884. The spoons are re-hallmarked with Dutch hallmarks. the Z of silver 800/1000 and the boar's head for small works used between 1831-1893

The spoons are therefore dated between 1884 and 1893

The measurements of the spoons are 10 cm long, 2,5 cm wide and 1 cm high

The weight boxed  in total is 511 gram

Reference # M627

19th C Chinese Export Silver Tazza by Tien Shing, Hong Kong

By the Chinese silversmith Tien Shing, Hong Kong,  (1830-1900)

The circular dish raised on a figural Koi form, leaves at the bottom holding the dish

The dish is decorated with prunus and bamboo decor

The weight is 471 gram

The measurements are :

15,5 cm high and 21 cm diagonal

A tiny tip of the fin of the fish is damaged, see details in the picture

Reference # M299

Silver dish designed by de Rudder for Wolfers, Brussel, Belgium 1892-1900

A silver dish made of silver with 800/000 purity of silver, designed by Isidore de Rudder (Isidore Lievin De Rudder 1855-1943) for Wolfers Frères (Philip Wolfers, 1856-1919), Brussel, Belgium.

This silver dish in Rococo style, raised on three legs with floral and leaf motifs is designed by de Rudder and designed for Wolfers during 1892-1900. 

Wolfers is a Belgian jewelry and silversmithing house, founded in Brussels in 1850 by Louis François Guillaume Wolfers (1820-1892). In 1852, Louis registered his maker's mark, a boar's head crowned with the letter W, which served as the company's symbol. From 1877, Louis' sons, Philippe (1858-1929), Max (1859-1953), and Robert (1867-1959), became actively involved in the company. In 1885, after Philippe's marriage to Sophie Wildstädter, the company's name was changed to Louis Wolfers père et fils. After Louis's death in 1892, the company was renamed Wolfers Frères, and the maker's mark was changed to three five-pointed stars in triangle.

The dish has the hallmark of Wolfers Frères (three five-pointed stars in triangle)

The hallmark of Isidore de Rudder

The Dutch import mark, Dutch silversmith mark of A. Bonebakker & Zn, 800 mark (800/000) and the "Z" Dutch hallmark for 800/000 (1953-)

The measurement is 4,4 cm high and 16,5 cm diagonal

The weight is 206 grams

Reference # M2035