Dutch silver salver

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Dutch silver salver

Hendrik Swierinck

Amsterdam, 1749

1128 grams; 32,3 cm x 32,3 cm

The large shaped square salver with cut corners has a moulded border with rocaille ornaments. It is raised on four panel supports. Engraved with the monogram R P at the reverse. Fully marked at the reverse and displaying an assay stripe.

The silversmith Hendrik Swierink was born in Zwolle in 1693 and became a 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.

Presumably the last silver objects to be found, made by Hendrik Swierinck, are two square salvers from 1771, which means that Hendrik must have died in 1771, before his son’s marriage. Hendrik was a specialist in service work, including salvers. Many of his silver objects that have been preserved can be found in art galleries, auctions and museums.

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