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Two silver salt cellars
Johannes Lutma I [nl]
Item information
Two silver salt cellars
Two silver salt cellars, the bowl supported by a boy seated on a dolphin. (Weight 802 grams)
BK 1960-13 a en BK 1960-13 b
Applied art
Rijksmuseum
Creation
Johannes Lutma I
1639 [nl]
Physical characteristics
Silver, parcel gilt
h. 24, b. 12 cm
Reconstruction of provenance history
Vóór 1906-11-27
: O.R. van Iddekinge van Drogenhorst (collection), Groningen
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: See Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 27 November 1906, no. 452 (ill.).
27-11-1906
: Frederik Muller (auction), Amsterdam
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: See Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 27 November 1906, no. 452 (ill.).
1906-11-27 <> ?
: Frederik Muller (dealer/auction house), Amsterdam
:
: See Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 27 November 1906, no. 452 (ill.), annotated copy, Fondation Custodia, Paris. See Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 27 November 1906, no. 452 (ill.), annotated copy, Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Vóór 1937-09-27
: Emma Budge (collection), Hamburg
:
: See P. Graupe cat., Berlin, 27 September 1937, no. 254 and no. 255 (ill.).
27-9-1937
: Paul Graupe (auction), Berlin
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: See P. Graupe cat., Berlin, 27 September 1937, no. 254 and no. 255 (ill.). Paul Graupe auction book (www.lostart.de).
1937
: Private collection, Netherlands
:
: H.E. van Gelder, 'Een Haagsche Bekerschroef van Andries Grill', in: Mededeelingen van den Dienst voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen der Gemeente 's-Gravenhage, vol. IV (1937), p. 113.
1943
: Private collection, Netherlands
:
: J.W. Frederiks, De Meesters der Plaquette-Penningen, The Hague 1943, p. 27.
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: ? Hendrik Petrus Doodeheefver (collection), Hilversum
:
: Inventory card museum; J.R. de Lorm and D. J. Biemond, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle/Amsterdam, Waanders/Rijksmuseum 1999, p. 38, no. 10.
1951 <> 1960-03-22
: Wilhelmus Josephus Rudolphus Dreesmann (collection), Amsterdam
:
: D.C. Röell and H. Brugmans, Verzameling Amsterdam W.J.R. Dreesmann, vol. 3, Amsterdam 1951, p. 809; see Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 22 March 1960, no. 95 and no. 96
22-3-1960
: Frederik Muller (auction), Amsterdam
:
: See Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 22 March 1960, no. 95 and no. 96, annotated copy, RKD See Frederik Muller cat., Amsterdam, 22 March 1960, no. 95 and no. 96
1960-03-22 <> heden
: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam [nl]
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Current restitution status
Restituted
Research findings
The two silver salt cellars were returned to its rightful owner in 2022. Report number: RC 1.175 https://www.restitutiecommissie.nl/en/recommendation/budge/
These salt cellars are most likely from Emma Budge's collection. She was born Emma Ranette Lazarus (1852-1937), daughter of a Jewish businessman from Hamburg. After marrying Henry Budge, an American, she adopted his nationality. After her death in 1937, her art collection was confiscated by the German regime and sold at Paul Graupe auction house in Berlin. By then this auction house was no longer run by Graupe, who had fled. The business had been taken over by a non-Jew, Hans W. Lange. In March 1960, the salt cellars were purchased at an auction of Frederik Muller Auction House by the municipality of Amsterdam. The city sold one pair to the Rijksmuseum and the other is now at the Amsterdam Museum (inventory nos KA 8050 and KA 8051).
