MAKER'S MARK UNIDENTIFIED, A WINGED HEART (VOET NO.4), THE HAGUE, 1599, ALSO STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARK

Details

An important and early Dutch silver tazza
Maker's mark unidentified, a winged heart (Voet no.4), The Hague, 1599, also struck with later Dutch duty mark
Circular, on a spreading foot with egg and tongue border, plain baluster stem, the border of the bowl engraved with a floral band, the centre later engraved with coat-of-arms within a laurel-wreath and a band inscribed IONKER IACOB VAN ALMONDE OVDTDEEKEN ANNO 1614,
marked on border bowl
16.4 cm. high, 21 cm. diam.
516 gr.
The arms are those of the Jonkheer Jacob van Almonde.

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

Provenance

Jonkheer Jacob van Almonde, 1614.

Literature

E. Voet en H.E. van Gelder, Merken van Haagsche goud- en zilversmeden, 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 Gemeente Museum, Zeven eeuwen Den Haag, 1948, no. 995.
The Hague, Haags Gemeente Museum, Vier eeuwen Nederlands zilver, 1952, no. 250. Delft, 1958, no. 173.
The Hague, Haags Gemeente Museum, Haags zilver uit vijf eeuwen, 1967, no. 8.

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Further details

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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 one 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.

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