Tureen on stand with ladle

Silver tureen on stand, with ladle, cover and liner (BK-1958-19-A,B,C, D, E). Oval bowl on four rocaille feet is surrounded by a loose-hanging garland connected at both ends to the handles by a lion's head.

On two shields the combined arms of Assueer Jan Baron van Torck etc. and Eusebia Jacoba de Rode van Heeckeren. The tureen with loose liner and the stand are trimmed with a cable border. The vaulted cover is decorated with leaves at the four corners and is surmounted by a leaf rosette with a vase-shaped finial. The oval scalloped stand has two mascaron-shaped handles and on the surface the same coat of arms as described above.

The ladle with oval bowl has a shell decoration on the front of the stem, on the back the coat of arms in volutes. All pieces marked. The Hague, Engelbart Joosten, 1772. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1958-19-C; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements depth 34 cm x depth 58 cm x height 35 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.