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Pair of biscuit containers
Diederik Willem Rethmeyer, 1791
These two plain containers are decorated only with a beaded edge. Their form is determined by their function. During dessert, biscuits were served from the round container, and oublies (small rolled-up waffles) from the rectangular one. Such silver biscuit containers almost always come in pairs and are a typically Dutch phenomenon. Their shape may have been derived from simpler models made of tin.
- Artwork typetin
- Object numberBK-14423
- Dimensionsheight 7.6 cm x diameter 13.5 cm x weight 490 g
- Physical characteristicszilver