A Dutch silver fish slice
Made by Hendrik Swierink
Amsterdam, 1768
183 grams, 38.5 cm long
Hendrik Swierink was born in Zwolle in 1693 and became silversmith in Amsterdam in 1726. In 1733 he married Catharina van Huet. The couple lived at Rozengracht, Amsterdam and had two children. Their son Barend, who also became a silversmith, married in 1772, when his father Hendrik had died.
Literature:
-Jacob J. Roosjen, Zilver Zaken, Breukelen, 2014/15, p. 14.