THE HAGUE, 1599, MAKER'S MARK A WINGED HEART

Details

A Dutch silver tazza
The Hague, 1599, maker's mark a winged heart
Circular, on spreading foot with egg and tongue border, the plain vase-shaped stem rising from baluster knop, the interior border of the bowl engraved with a floral band, the centre engraved slightly later with coat-of-arms within a laurel-wreath and a band inscribed IONKER IACOB VAN ALMONDE OVDTDEEKEN ANNO 1614, marked on bowl
6 3/8 in. (16.4 cm.) high
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam.
16 oz. (516 gr.)
The arms are those of the Jonkheer Jacob van Almonde.

The inscription in translation reads 'Jonkheer Jacob van Almonde old (?senior) Dean, the year 1614.'

Provenance

Joncker Jacob von Almonde, 1614

Literature

E. Voet en H.E. van Gelder, Merken van Haagsche goud-en ziversmeden, The Hague, 1941, p. 157, no. 4 en p. 233.
H.E. van Gelder, Werk van Haagse zilversmeden, Oud-Holland 65, 1950, p. 5, illustrated.
J.W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver, The Hague, 1958, vol. II, no. 474, illustrated.

Exhibited

The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Zeven eeuwen Den Haag, 1948, no. 995.
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Vier eeuwen Nederlands zilver, 1952, no. 250.
Delft, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delfts Zilver, 1955-1966, no. 173
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Haags zilver uit vijf eeuwen, 1967, no. 8.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

16th Century silver objects hallmarked in The Hague are extremely rare. The present tazza, which is the only recorded piece by the maker, and the following lot, a pair of tazze, are some of the very few examples extant. As Frederiks points out (op. cit.), the present lot is also a good example of the sober interpretation of the Renaissance in The Hague in the late 16th Century. The Flemish painting of the Burghers of Bruges dating from 1570 illustrated on page gives some idea of how such tazze were used.

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