PAIR OF SILVER SUGAR CASTERS

Pair of Dutch silver sugar casters

Engelbart (Engelbrecht) Joosten Sr.

The Hague, 1777

1056 grams; 23 cm high

The large baluster-shaped sugar casters are decorated with cable borders on the circular base, the body, and the detachable high-domed cover. A drapery is applied to the body, with its ends flaring outward. The high-domed cover is pierced and engraved with flower heads and has a bell-shaped finial. Fully marked on the rims of the cover. Also struck on the underside of the base with the 1795 assay mark for Delft.

The silversmith Engelbart Joosten Sr. was born in The Hague in 1717. On 20 October 1737 he became engaged to Adriana van Vliet, from Scheveningen. Engelbart was admitted to the gold and silversmiths’ guild of The Hague in 1755. He died on 1 August 1789. His son Engelbart Jr. was born on 30 July 1738. He followed in his father’s footsteps and on 5 November 1764 he was admitted as a guild member of the Hague silversmiths’ guild.

As a silversmith in The Hague, he is the maker of two important tureens from 1763/64 with the family coat-of-arms of Neukirchen-Nyvenheim, one of which is in the Kunstmuseum in The Hague and the other in a private collection. He also made two important tureens with underplates, inspired by the French style, for Johannes Hop (1709-1772), which were presented to him at his farewell as Councilor and Treasurer-General in 1769.

The oeuvre of Engelbart Sr. is known for its typical Hague Louis XV and Louis XVI style and good quality. As a ‘service worker’, he produced important silver pieces including tureens, teapots, soup ladles, casters, bread baskets, and other various silver items.

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