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Lot Essay
For an almost identical set of biscuitboxes in the collection of the Commanderie van St. Jan, see G. Lemmens, J. Bogaers, Nijmeegs Zilver 1400-1900, Nijmegen, 1983, p. 91, illustrated.
Around 1780 silver biscuitboxes became fashionable in Dutch households, especially in Amsterdam. The oldest extant set dates back to 1775 and was made in Amsterdam by Fredrik Manicus I (c.1738-1785). Biscuitboxes were usually sold in pairs, one rectangular and one circular shaped. A bill of the Amsterdam Peirolet firm dated 11 May 1782 makes clear that the rectangular boxes were used for wafers and the circular ones for rusks.
The present set of biscuitboxes was made by Jan Willem Pas from Nijmegen. He was a son of Jan Willem Pas, town messenger, and Maria van Poelwijk. Jan Willem Pas was baptised on 11 June 1765. On 21 April 1790 he married Johanna Reynen. They lived in the house named De Briol at the south side of the Grote Markt. Like his parents Pas owned a large number of houses and landed estates. At the time of death of his wife, 2 July 1836, Pas was registered as a "collector of taxes". After his death in Amsterdam on 29 March 1839, where he was living with his son, the pharmacist D. Pas, at the Warmoesstraat, Jan Willem Pas was called a "civil servant". On 9 June 1820 Jan Willem Pas finished his career as a silversmith.
A number of biscuitboxes by Jan Willem Pas has survived. Amongst others: a plain set, consisting of a circular and a rectangular box, and a single rectangular biscuit-box (Nijmeegs Zilver 1400-1900, nos. 157,158). All three are struck with the assay master's mark D, used between 1795 and 1807, and two town marks, used between 1794 and 1807. Apart from the engraved decoration on the lid of the latter rectangular box, they are identical to the boxes in this sale.
Literature:
Cat. Nijmeegs Zilver 1400-1900, Nijmegen, Commanderie van Sint-Jan, 1983, p.19-25,49
Lorm, J.R. de, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, pp. 210-211.
Verbeek, J., Nederlands Zilver 1725-1780, Lochem, 1988, pp. 17-22.
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Around 1780 silver biscuitboxes became fashionable in Dutch households, especially in Amsterdam. The oldest extant set dates back to 1775 and was made in Amsterdam by Fredrik Manicus I (c.1738-1785). Biscuitboxes were usually sold in pairs, one rectangular and one circular shaped. A bill of the Amsterdam Peirolet firm dated 11 May 1782 makes clear that the rectangular boxes were used for wafers and the circular ones for rusks.
The present set of biscuitboxes was made by Jan Willem Pas from Nijmegen. He was a son of Jan Willem Pas, town messenger, and Maria van Poelwijk. Jan Willem Pas was baptised on 11 June 1765. On 21 April 1790 he married Johanna Reynen. They lived in the house named De Briol at the south side of the Grote Markt. Like his parents Pas owned a large number of houses and landed estates. At the time of death of his wife, 2 July 1836, Pas was registered as a "collector of taxes". After his death in Amsterdam on 29 March 1839, where he was living with his son, the pharmacist D. Pas, at the Warmoesstraat, Jan Willem Pas was called a "civil servant". On 9 June 1820 Jan Willem Pas finished his career as a silversmith.
A number of biscuitboxes by Jan Willem Pas has survived. Amongst others: a plain set, consisting of a circular and a rectangular box, and a single rectangular biscuit-box (Nijmeegs Zilver 1400-1900, nos. 157,158). All three are struck with the assay master's mark D, used between 1795 and 1807, and two town marks, used between 1794 and 1807. Apart from the engraved decoration on the lid of the latter rectangular box, they are identical to the boxes in this sale.
Literature:
Cat. Nijmeegs Zilver 1400-1900, Nijmegen, Commanderie van Sint-Jan, 1983, p.19-25,49
Lorm, J.R. de, Amsterdams Goud en Zilver, Zwolle, 1999, pp. 210-211.
Verbeek, J., Nederlands Zilver 1725-1780, Lochem, 1988, pp. 17-22.
See illustration