Diaper basket with a representation of music-making putti, The rectangular basket with sloping walls rests on a foot edge and is on the bottom reinforced with an iron band. Flat rounded ears are attached to the short sides of the basket. The walls and ears are driven and partially cut with flowers and tendrils. A floating putto is shown on each of the short sides. In the middle of the long sides, two putti hold a smooth shield within a soft-tissue frame. The name Eefferim V: Weelevelt is engraved on the shield on the upper edge. The corners of the walls consist of soft, knuckle-like ornaments. A cable border runs around the wall, surrounded by a motif of standing leaves. Seven music-making putti are driven on the base plate in a room with stone walls and a tiled floor, against a background of a hung canvas behind which the tops of three semicircular windows can be seen, ornament derived from plant forms, musician (s) accompanying singer (s), cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', Gerloff Brouwer (attributed to), Amsterdam, 1660, silver (metal), iron (metal), h 6.7 cm × l 64.0 cm × w 33.7 cm
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