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Silver miniature, milk cart, J. Postmus, Hoorn, c. 1920

Silver miniature, milk cart, J. Postmus, Hoorn, c. 1920

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Large silver miniature of a milk cart with horse, made by Jan Postmus. Jan Postmus was an active silversmith between 1899 and 1955. He was registered in Amsterdam, Alphen aan de Rijn and Hoorn. He became particularly famous for his openwork baskets (such as the well-known 'peacock baskets') and high-quality silver miniatures.

It is a very detailed, elaborate miniature milk cart.

Before milk factories and supermarkets existed, milkmen would visit homes daily in villages and cities. The milk was loaded directly from the farm into large copper or silver-coloured milk churns and transported to customers by cart. These miniatures are a direct, scaled-down ode to this daily craft.

The miniature is marked with the master's mark J2P and the sword for at least second-grade silver.

An important characteristic of Postmus is that, in addition to the legal Dutch hallmarks (such as the sword for silver content), he often struck historical pseudo-marks. He did this to give his miniatures the appearance of antique 18th-century silver. This miniature also features pseudo-marks.

The miniature is in excellent condition.

Weight: 52.2 grams. Dimensions: 3.5 x 4 x 8 cm.

Read the blog here:  The Mastery of Jan Postmus: The Virtuoso of Openwork and Miniatures

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