Zilveren botermes met carneolen heft, F.J. de Leeuw, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1869 Titel:Default Title Minimaal 2e gehalte zilver

Minimaal 2e gehalte zilver

Dimensions: 17 x 22 cm

but also some 1st grade silver

This was done to make a 19th-century silver spoon look like it was 18th-century

The bag hook is solid and heavy and features a kneeling and praying female figure

Zilveren botermes met carneolen heft, F.J. de Leeuw, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1869 Titel:Default Title Minimaal 2e gehalte zilverSilver butter knife with carnelian handle, made by the silversmith F. J. de Leeuw (Francisus Johannes de Leeuw). He was a well known silversmith from 's Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) and was active there between 1867 and 1879. He succeeded the famous Bossche silversmith Hendrikus Simon de Leeuw. The butter knife is beautifully engraved in the Biedermeier style. The handle is made of carnelian, a precious, reddish brown semi precious stone that was very