MAKER'S MARK OF JAN BUIJSEN, AMSTERDAM, 1789

Around 1780 silver biscuit boxes became fashionable in Dutch households, especially in Amsterdam. The oldest extant set was made in Amsterdam in 1775 by Frederik Manicus I, sold in these rooms on November 30, 1988, lot 790. Biscuit boxes were usually sold in pairs, one rectangular and one circular shaped. A bill of the Amsterdam Peirolet firm dated 11 May 1782 indicates that the rectangular boxes were meant for wafers and the circular ones for rusks.

Literature:
J.R. de Lorm, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, pp.210-211
J. Verbeek, Nederlands Zilver 1725-1780, Lochem, 1988, pp.17-22
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