19th Century Regency Dutch Sterling Silver Bread Basket, 1800s

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Antique Dutch Sterling silver bread basket
Made of sterling silver handcrafted openwork basket
Period first half 18th century Georgian / … Read more Antique Dutch Sterling silver bread basket
Made of sterling silver handcrafted openwork basket
Period first half 18th century Georgian / Empire
Hallmark: Dutch Lion, Rotterdam essay office and Silversmith: Grebbe jr.
Origin Netherlands 1834

Height 11.8in - 30cm
Width 12.2in. - 31cm
Depth 10.4in. - 26.5cm
Weight approx 1400 gram ( almost 1.5kilo)

Grebbe was a well known Dutch silversmith
He participated in the Great Exhibition in London (1851) and the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York (1853-1854).
In New York he won a silver medal for his work a masterly crafted silver cup.
He also showed this cup in 1855 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris
Nowadays his work is part of the collection of:

-Boijmans van Beuningen
-Arnhem Museum
-Maritiem Museum Rotterdam This piece has an attribution mark,
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