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Dear Art Lovers,
some impressions of the TEFAF 2024 in Maastricht.

1 + 2)
A silver-gilt (wine tasting) dish
Taeke Lolles (active 1599 - 1608), Bolsward, 1599-1604
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A Dutch silver curry comb or ‘roskam’
Frederik Sijlstra van der Lei, Leeuwarden, circa 1770


3)
A Dutch silver windmill cup
Maker's mark: a beaker in shield, Rotterdam, 1611



4)
A magnificent silver-gilt casket
Hendrik Barents Amsterdam, 1648


5)
An engraved silver-guilt salt cellar
Anonymous silversmith, markers mark: a squirrel
Nothern Netherlands, 1580-1600



Source: private photos ©

Regards Silverstone

In addition to no 3 - A Dutch silver windmill cup

Before drinking the cup one had to blow through the blowpipe on the backside, by which the sails were set in motion.
All the time a hand was set in motion indicating a figure from one to twelve. The hand indicated the number of beakers the drinker had to empty. If he did not empty the cup before, the sail stopped.

Literature:
Zilveren wind- & watermolenbekers in Europa ca. 1530 – 1760, Zwijndrecht 2012, p. 143