Ewer and basin
by BLEYSWIJCK, Cornelis Adriaensz van, Silver gilt, height of ewer 35 cm, diameter of basin 47 cm
Cornelis Adriaensz van Bleyswijck was a goldsmith in Delft, who apprenticed in 1605, became master in 1619 and died in 1648. This ewer and basin were made in the auricular style which emerged before 1610 and is typical of the most spectacular Dutch silver of the first half of the seventeenth century, especially the work of the famous silversmiths Adam van Vianen in Utrecht and Johannes Lutma in Amsterdam.