Lot 89: A DUTCH SILVER CRUET STAND, JAN VAN 'T HOFKEN, AMSTERDAM, 1723

A DUTCH SILVER CRUET STAND, JAN VAN 'T HOFKEN, AMSTERDAM, 1723 the frame with two bottle holders on four acanthus leaf supports, two later engraved glass bottles and an additional glass cup, also struck with a 1795 control mark for Amsterdam, fully marked below ( 6) height overall 20.7 cm., weight 725 gr.

E. Voet Jr., Amsterdamse Goud-en Zilversmeden en hunne merken, The Hague, 1912, p. 33, no. 171, and p. 120.

This cruet stand by Jan van 't Hofken is in the exhibition catalogue, Meesterwerken in Zilver, Lochem, 1984, p. 124, no 131. However, the illustrated cruet stand is that of Wijnand Warneke, Amsterdam, 1771, which is lot 88 of this sale. The date, 1723, has been derived from Voet, the date 1747 in the exhibition catalogue is not correct.