Age of Sweetbread Basket

celadon · Post by **celadon** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:51 am

I've bought this sweetbread basket which I believe is Dutch (see the two marks), it is 0.833 silver.
There are no other marks on the piece. Would anyone be able to place an approximate date for the piece?

Thanks,

Keith
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Doos · Post by **Doos** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:56 am

Hi,

It is at least post 1814, hard to see if the numerical below the lion is arabic or latin. There really should also be a dateletter and maker's mark on it.
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celadon · Post by **celadon** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:57 pm

Thank you for your input.

Well, after a very careful search of the whole piece I found two more marks. Here they are:

I am learning to examine every piece of silver in great detail!

Keith
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Doos · Post by **Doos** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:07 am

Hi Keith,

The R is the dateletter of 1901 and the sword is a silver mark for small article, so the handle was probably assayed separate and riveted on the basket later.
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celadon · Post by **celadon** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:17 am

Thank you so much for your input.

Do you think that the basket and handle are roughly the same age?

Keith
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Doos · Post by **Doos** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:30 pm

Hi,

Yes they probably were meant for each other, just offered as two items for assaying. Then combined.
Maybe I should have said "after" instead of "later".
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