Lot Essay
A very similar Belgian tea caddy, by Jacques-Gaspard de Moitemont, sold Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1998, lot 221.
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MARK OF PETRUS VAN EESBEECK, BRUSSELS, CIRCA 1730
Details
A BELGIAN SILVER TEA CADDY
MARK OF PETRUS VAN EESBEECK, BRUSSELS, CIRCA 1730
Shaped oval on a flat base with central sliding flap, the body broadly fluted with molded borders, engraved with scrolls, diaperwork, and two portrait cartouches, all on a matted ground, the cover with conforming decoration and a ball finial, marked under base and inside body
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; 8 oz. (254 gr.)
MARK OF PETRUS VAN EESBEECK, BRUSSELS, CIRCA 1730
Shaped oval on a flat base with central sliding flap, the body broadly fluted with molded borders, engraved with scrolls, diaperwork, and two portrait cartouches, all on a matted ground, the cover with conforming decoration and a ball finial, marked under base and inside body
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high; 8 oz. (254 gr.)
Literature
A nearly identical tea caddy by Van Eesbeeck is illustrated in Jacques Vanwittenbergh, Orfèvrerie au Poinçon de Bruxelles, 1979, p. 125
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