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marked to the belly with pseudo marks for The Hague, of plain form, with exaggerated fringe, horns and ears, the hinged saddle decorated with a resting fly astride two foliate swags and with raised tail, 14 x 10cm, 5.3ozt

Footnote: Provenance: The Ruby Red collection of cow creamers Pseudo silver marks began to appear in the Dutch provinces in the mid to late 19th century for a number of reasons. Not only did the demand for old silver far outstrip supply, but antique silverware could be imported to the UK and US at a lower rate of duty than modern silver. Silver importers were well aware that the items were not old and sold them as curios, and these items are now much sought after by collectors. This example has pseudo marks for The Hague (with the Lion rampant actually facing the wrong way), and the ‘maker’s mark’ of ‘VB’. Most of 'The Hague' pseudo marks were struck in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Paulus Arnoldus van der Beek who was a silversmith in The Hague from 1880 until 1909. However, without his genuine marks we cannot be absolutely sure that this is his work.

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