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Lot 10

A pair of 19th century Dutch silver chestnut vases and covers
by Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz & Son, Amsterdam 1821 (2)

5 April 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £31,250 inc. premium

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A pair of 19th century Dutch silver chestnut vases and covers

by Diederik Lodewijk Bennewitz & Son, Amsterdam 1821
Ovoid form, the domed covers with swan finials, the bodies with applied bands of decoration featuring swans drinking from fountains, on octagonal bases, height 28cm, weight 59oz. (2)

Footnotes

PROVENANCE
Louise Catherine Antoinette, Baroness van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Hyde Park, Doorn.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Descendant of Baron Joan Adriaan Hugo van Zuylen van Nyevelt and Ada Wilhelmina van Loon. The mother of Ada was Louise Cathérine Antoinette Borski-Van Loon. She was the centre of international entertainment holding big parties which were discussed in Le Figaro and the New York Herald. She was fatally injured in 1893 when the horses driving her carriage bolted.

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