A rare Danish Baroque silver cruet stand, comprising four detachable spice cellars, a large sugarcaster, three smaller spice casters, a mustard pot with spoon, and Nøstetangen oil and vinegar glass flasks, one with silver mounts. Sugarcaster pricked with owner's initials CFS DAL. Stand and spice casters pricked with weight. Maker Friedrich Wissing, Odense 1755. The base, casters and spoon marked. Oil flask silver mounts, maker Peder Jørgensen, Odense 1785. Weight excl. flasks 2199 gr. H. 35 cm. (8)
A cruet stand is a small stand of silver, glass or porcelain, which holds containers for condiments. Typically these include spice casters, accompanied by mustard and an oil and vinegar container, resting on a base with a tall central handle with a ring on the top. English cruet stands have a larger number of containers than the Danish, sometimes 8 or more for the large variety of condiments used to give a special flavour to food. Cruet stands are rare in Denmark. First seen from about 1740, they go out of fashion again just 100 years later.
Litterature: Ada Polak, Gammelt norsk glass, Oslo 1953, catalogue no. 128, plate 61.
Provenance: Previously in dentist Dehnfelds Collection. ABR auction 400, 1979, lot 239, depicted. BRK auction 827, 2011, lot 214.
Similar cruet stand from Louis Foghts Collection, sold at ABR in 1960. Gudmund Boesen and Chr. A. Bøje: Gammelt dansk sølv (Old Danish Silver), depicted p. 222.
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Varia, furniture & carpets, 1 March 2017