Oil and vinegar cruet

1741 - 1742

Two silver bottle holders, two stopper holders and central octagonal column serving as a handle. Each holder has a square base with undulating contours and bevelled corners. The six legs consist of a curling female herm figure above which a volute and actant decoration. Below the cut-out flat edge a belt frame of ajour sawn-out and engraved akantvolutes; same decoration on the stop holders. Central, rejuvenated column with baluster-shaped base; a leaf ornament engraved around the two buildings on the lower half of the shaft up to the profile frame. As a handle, left and right of the ribbed, semicircular and constricted button, two turned-down small C-volutes, connected at the top to a third, large and horizontal C-volute with pearl ornament on the back (source: Pierre Lunden legacy catalog). (translation)

• Actors

  van Gemert, Judocus-Lambertus (Maker)

  van Gemert, Lambertus (Maker)

• Places and dates

  Antwerp, 1741 - 1742 (Production)

• Materials

  Glass , Silver

• Dimensions

  • Height: 170 mm (Bottle without stopper)
  • Width: 85 mm (Bottle without stopper)
  • Depth: 70 mm (Bottle without stopper)
  • Height: 47 mm (Stopper)
  • Width: 30 mm (Stopper)

• Category

  Vessels

• Object number

  S75/15

• IPR status

  Public domain