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Dutch Silver Tea Caddy - Rotterdam Zilver
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Reference: S1465
Period: George II
Year: 1754
Silversmith: Andreas Cornelis Muller
Place: Rotterdam
Price: $ 1 400.00
Weight: 200 grams
Dimensions: 15.8 cm height, 7.0*5.5 cm at widest.
Condition: Excellent. No scratches or dents, base flat, lid fits snugly. Very tiny (2 mm) split in rim of base, barely visible.
Description: A magnificent and rare Dutch silver tea caddy, octagonal with baluster shape, with pull off domed lid with 4 sided pointed terminal. The caddy has lovely decoration, combining flowers, shells and acanthus leaves in a simple but effective style. The decoration is all hand engraved, and is a little crude. The caddy is well made and is a good weight, individual hammer marks can be seen on the inside. The caddy is quite small, as is usual for these early octagonal baluster tea caddies, when tea was an expensive commodity. Tea would have been poured from the caddy directly into the teapot, this style pre-dates caddy spoons (Delieb, Investing in Silver, pg 27, where an English version of similar style to this caddy is depicted).
The hallmarks are clear and include date letter V for 1754, makers mark V.M in heart for Andreas Cornelis Muller (Schadee, Zilverschatten, Drie Eeuwen Rotterdams Zilver, pg 233), citymark for Rotterdam, Dutch lion assay mark (935 silver, this is higher grade silver than sterling 925 standard). The caddy also has an additional hallmark, the letter N in script, which indicates an additional tax paid in 1795. This mark is present on the base and the lid. Andreas Muller was born in 1728, he died in 1818.
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Dutch silver tea caddy - Rotterdam Zilver
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Dutch silver tea caddy - detail 1
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Detail 2
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Detail 3
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Finial
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Base
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Interior of lid
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Dutch silver hallmarks - Rotterdam
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Hallmark 2
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Scale
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