Dutch Silver Brandy Bowl from Heerens, Schoonhoven, Netherlands, 1971

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Silver brandy bowl with a lobed motif, lightly hammered and engraved. This model is based on an antique dutch model. … Read more Silver brandy bowl with a lobed motif, lightly hammered and engraved. This model is based on an antique dutch model. The bowl was made by the firm p. Heerens & zn (son) from schoonhoven in 1971. The brandy bowl is dutch silver, hallmarked with the master hallmark ph half-moon, used between 1967 and 1977. The minerva head with the letter m, assayer's mark for schoonhoven lion ii (dutch silver hallmark), second fineness mark (835/1000), and date letter l for 1971. The handles have a seahorse on either side and measures 7 cm high, 14,5 cm wide and the depth is 9 cm. The weight is 95 grams a brandy bowl is a historical, often silver, bowl with two handles that was used in the northern netherlands (especially friesland and groningen) at happy occasions such as births and weddings to toast with a sip of brandy (often with "boerenjongens"—raisins in brandy). A typical old dutch delicacy. The bowl served as a showpiece and symbol of celebration and prosperity. See less