Jan Diederik Pont Sold at Auction Prices

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759 the border applied with rococo ornament, the base engraved Dit door Willem Feitama en Zoonen aan Jan Jacob Bremer present gedaan ter gedagtenisse van Acht Jaaren dienst Amsterdam 18 September 1759, also struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam and a 1807 Dutch control mark, fully marked below width 18 cm., weight 302 gr.

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759 the border applied with rococo ornament, the base engraved Dit door Willem Feitama en Zoonen aan Jan Jacob Bremer present gedaan ter gedagtenisse van Acht Jaaren dienst Amsterdam 18 September 1759, also struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam and a 1807 Dutch control mark, fully marked below width 18 cm., weight 302 gr.

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759 the border applied with rococo ornament, the base engraved Dit door Willem Feitama en Zoonen aan Jan Jacob Bremer present gedaan ter gedagtenisse van Acht Jaaren dienst Amsterdam 18 September 1759, also struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam and a 1807 Dutch control mark, fully marked below width 18 cm., weight 302 gr.

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759

A DUTCH SILVER BRAZIER, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1759 the border applied with rococo ornament, the base engraved Dit door Willem Feitama en Zoonen aan Jan Jacob Bremer present gedaan ter gedagtenisse van Acht Jaaren dienst Amsterdam 18 September 1759, also struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam and a 1807 Dutch control mark, fully marked below width 18 cm., weight 302 gr.

A DUTCH SILVER TOBACCO-BOX AND COVER

A DUTCH SILVER TOBACCO-BOX AND COVER MARK OF JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1756 Oblong and on scroll and foliage feet, with shaped skirt, the sides and detachable cover each engraved with foliage and rocaille and rising to flammiform finial, engraved underneath with initials, marked underneath 5½ in. (14.2 cm.) high 18 oz. (572 gr.)

A Dutch silver table bell

A Dutch silver table bell Mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1755, also struck with later Dutch duty marks Part facetted circular and with moulded borders, with baluster handle and bud finial, marked inside bell 12.5 cm. high 262 gr.

A matched pair of Dutch silver candlesticks

A matched pair of Dutch silver candlesticks Mark of Jacobus Rensing, Amsterdam, 1764, mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1768 Each on circular shaped base with scrolls and rocailles, the stem and socket shaped as scrolls and rocailles, the attached nozzle shaped as a rocaille, marked on base 23.3 cm. high and smaller 1170 gr. (2)

A fine dutch silver sugar-caster

A fine dutch silver sugar-caster Mark Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1736 On circular domed moulded base, the baluster body with applied stylised scroll ornaments, the high domed pierced lift-off cover with baluster finial, marked on base 15.5 cm. high 176 gr.

A good Dutch silver table bell, probably Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1743?

of typical form, the body applied with a girdle and engraved with rocaille ornaments, the faceted handle surmounted by a coronet, fully marked inside

A Dutch silver tobacco jar, Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1756

A Dutch silver tobacco pot

Mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, probably 1766 Shaped circular on three shaped shell feet, openwork lower band of C-scrolls and shells, the body engraved with rocaille ornaments, foliage and flowers, the detachable high-domed cover with gadrooned rim chased and engraved with shells, foliage and rocaille, with detachable foliate and bird finial, marked on base and inside cover 17.5 cm. high 650 gr.

A DUTCH SILVER TOBACCO JAR, JAN DIEDERIK PONT, AMSTERDAM, 1766

618gr, height 16.8cm later richly embossed with flowers and foliage, enclosing a vacant cartouche within stamped 3, on four moulded rocaille supports linked by an openwork apron of matching ornament, the detachable cover with flame finial, also struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam, fully marked at the reverse of the base and cover (2) NOTE Provenance: Premsela & Hamburger, Amsterdam,1975 Private Collection, Belgium

A Dutch silver tobacco pot

Mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, probably 1766 Shaped circular on three shaped shell feet, openwork lower band of C-scrolls and shells, the body engraved with rocaille ornaments, foliage and flowers, the detachable high-domed cover with gadrooned rim chased and engraved with shells, foliage and rocaille, with detachable foliate and bird finial, marked on base and inside cover 17.5 cm. high 650 gr.

A Dutch silver sugar-box

Mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1761 Shaped square with curved corners, on four foliate scroll feet, and with reeded moulded borders, chased with alternating panels of urns and strapwork with diaperwork and foliate scrolls, the detachable cover chased with strapwork and foliate scrolls at the angles and tassel border and with rising baluster finial, the base later engraved with two crests, marked on base and cover 5 3/4 in. (14.5cm.) high 15oz. (485gr.) The crests are those of Wood, one possibly for Sir Charles Wood, Bt (1800-1885), created 1st Viscount Halifax in 1866

A pair of Dutch silver candlesticks

Mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1743 Each on a shaped square domed partly fluted base engraved with foliage and trelliswork, the upper part of the knobbed stem engraved with shells, the partly fluted capital engraved with tassels, marked on bases 21.5 cm. high 746 gr. (2).

A pair of Dutch silver candlesticks

Maker's mark of Jan Diederik Pont, Amsterdam, 1743 Each on a shaped square domed partly fluted base engraved with foliage and trelliswork, the upper part of the knobbed stem engraved with shells, the partly fluted capital engraved with tassels 21.5cm. high marked on reverse base 746gr. (2) NOTES See illustration.