Lot Essay
This large and extensive set was probably a special order, with flags representing Holland, and another blue, yellow and red, probably representing a state visit to Holland from a foreign nation.
Details
A rare and extensive Heyde Dutch Royal Procession
comprising gold state coach with six-horse team, two uniformed male passengers, one Eastern European, coachman, two footmen, flanked by twelve footmen in long tan coats and two mounted escort, all escorts with tricorn hats and two mounted escorts; two open phaetons, each with six horse team, two female passengers in each carriage, two footmen to rear and riders on three of the horses for each phaeton; two open landaus, each with six-horse team, one with four and one with three uniformed dignitaries, each with two footmen to rear and riders on three of the horses, eight mounted uniformed dignitaries, twelve mounted cavalry with bugler, eighteen piece mounted band on standing white horses, thirty-six men to line road sides including officers, four ceremonial archways decorated with flags and garlands and nine flag poles, all with tan painted bases, early 20th century (F-G, minor wear, dusty and slight damage)
approx. 150 pieces.
comprising gold state coach with six-horse team, two uniformed male passengers, one Eastern European, coachman, two footmen, flanked by twelve footmen in long tan coats and two mounted escort, all escorts with tricorn hats and two mounted escorts; two open phaetons, each with six horse team, two female passengers in each carriage, two footmen to rear and riders on three of the horses for each phaeton; two open landaus, each with six-horse team, one with four and one with three uniformed dignitaries, each with two footmen to rear and riders on three of the horses, eight mounted uniformed dignitaries, twelve mounted cavalry with bugler, eighteen piece mounted band on standing white horses, thirty-six men to line road sides including officers, four ceremonial archways decorated with flags and garlands and nine flag poles, all with tan painted bases, early 20th century (F-G, minor wear, dusty and slight damage)
approx. 150 pieces.