Lot Essay
Said to be recovered from the shipwreck of "De Liefde"
17TH CENTURY
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a rhenish steinzeug single-handled armorial bellarmine
17th Century
(baardmankruik) The globular light brown vermiculated body applied with an oval coat of arms depicting a lion, the neck with a large bearded male mask
27cm. high
17th Century
(baardmankruik) The globular light brown vermiculated body applied with an oval coat of arms depicting a lion, the neck with a large bearded male mask
27cm. high
Sale room notice
Please note that this baardmankruik has been recovered from the VOC ship "Princes Maria", the contents of which have been sold through Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, sale 227, 29 April 1974 (ill. p.8).
The "Princes Maria", 1100 tons and ca. 50 m. long, perished in a storm near the Scilly Islands in January 1686. In 1973 the team of Rex Cowan finds the shattered rests of the "Princes Maria" and recovers not only pewter and silver, but a number of "baardmankruiken" as well, all filled with mercury or quicksilver, which was used in the East to purify gold and silver, and to cure syphilis
The "Princes Maria", 1100 tons and ca. 50 m. long, perished in a storm near the Scilly Islands in January 1686. In 1973 the team of Rex Cowan finds the shattered rests of the "Princes Maria" and recovers not only pewter and silver, but a number of "baardmankruiken" as well, all filled with mercury or quicksilver, which was used in the East to purify gold and silver, and to cure syphilis