A Dutch silver toilet-box and cover
A Dutch silver toilet-box and cover

MARK OF CLAES MUNTINCK, GRONINGEN, 1695/96

Details
A Dutch silver toilet-box and cover
Mark of Claes Muntinck, Groningen, 1695/96
Engraved to the slightly domed cover with an accollee coat-of-arms flanked by a pair of lions and surmounted by a crown, the base inscribed 16 7/8 loot JBVT/A 1695, marked on base
15.5 cm. wide
244 gr.
Provenance
Sotheby's Amsterdam, 17 May 2004, lot 125.

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Lot Essay

The coat of arms on the cover refers to the alliance between the Dutch families Oene van Teyens and Hyma Auwema. The three acorns represent the Van Teyens family; the three Moorish heads in profile, the Auwema family. Oene and Hyma had their first son, called Ivo Bocke van Teyens, in 1694. The initials IBVT refer to him, and the box may have been commissioned to celebrate his birth. The family bible records the following: 'Den 28sten aprilis 1694 den achtermiddags omtrent een uir sijnde een saterdaechs is mijn wel lieve huisfrou van een jonge zoon verlost ende is 's anderen daegs in mijn presentie door mijn schoonsuster Wija Auwema te doop geholden en is door dominee Lidius Yvo Bocke gedoopt.'

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