Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23 Jul 2020
A 17th century Dutch silver-mounted green glass shaft and globe bottle
A 17th century Dutch silver-mounted green glass shaft and globe bottle,
probably by Hans C. Brechtel, The Hague 1664,
the mounts with pierced and embossed foliate and flower decoration, with damage, the cover with a silver-mounted cork stopper, embossed with a reclining cherub, height 29.5cm.
Provenance:
Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918)
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House.
The item appears on the 1918 Halton valuation schedule, catalogued as 'A green glass decanter, with silver mounts
Two similar bottles, by The Hague Silversmith Adriaen Van Hoecke, circa 1665 were sold at Hannam's Auctioneers in Hampshire in January 2019.
A similar example can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.