Lot 75: A Dutch silver sweetmeat basket and a pair of French silver salt-cellars

A Dutch silver sweetmeat basket and a pair of French silver salt-cellars Mark of Jacob Hendrik Stellingwerff, Amsterdam, 1802, also struck with later Dutch duty mark, the salt-cellars, Paris, 1809-1819, indistinct maker's mark Navette-shaped, on oval base with beaded rim, the upper part of the body openworked with scrolls, beaded upper rim, reeded swing handle, cut glass liner, the salt-cellars on navette-shaped base, the openwork body with lobes, two lion head's ring handles, only one with blue glass liner, marked on bases, body and handle the sweetmeat basket 13 cm. wide 304 gr. (excluding glass liners) (3)

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