- NameReynier Brandt
- Activity/Titlesilversmith
- Sexmale
- Variant namesalternativt namn: Reinier Brandt
- Nationality/DatesDutch, born 1702, dead 1788,
- PlacesPlace of birth: Wezel, Belgien
Place of death: Amsterdam, Nederländerna
BiographyBrandt, Reynier [Reinier; Reijnier] (b Wesel, Gelderland, 1702; d Amsterdam, 1788). Dutch silversmith. In his youth he moved to Amsterdam, where he was active from c. 1734; a silversmith with the initials R.B. received the citizenship of Amsterdam that year. He specialized in delicate bread- and cake-baskets in the Rococo style, all of which have the same basic form: a graceful ogee-shape with an openwork body and curving sides tapering into handles at either end. They are decorated with openwork patterns of trellis or foliage. The rims and bases are trimmed with linked volutes or fillets and groups of flowers and fruits, and Rococo scrolls form the feet (e.g. basket, 1770; Amsterdam, Rijksmus.). In the later 18th century, with increasing mechanization, some components of his baskets were machine-made. Though chiefly known for these elaborately decorated objects Brandt also produced relatively plain ones, for example an inkstand of 1735 (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.), which is undecorated except for a small pierced lid, and a large tureen and salver (1765; Amsterdam, Hist. Mus.), whose only decoration is the figure of a cow that forms the handle of the tureen cover, and rocaille motifs on the feet and handles of the tureen itself.
[Källa: Oxfort Art Online]