CIRCA 1760

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A Rotterdam manganese-red heraldic tile pillar
CIRCA 1760
Depicting a twisted column entwined with leaf branches holding the coats-of-arms of the seven Dutch provinces: Gelderland, Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland, Overijssel, Friesland and Groningen (from top to bottom), surmounted by an Ionic capital, the base with the coat-of arms of the Dutch United Provinces, within a wooden frame, two tiles with a small plaster-filled loss to one edge
2 x 11 tiles, 147.5 x 29.5 cm. (incl. frame)

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Lot Essay

From 1581 until 1795 part of the Netherlands were a republic: the Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provincies (Republic of the Seven United Provinces). Liberated from the Spanish in 1581 and finally overthrown by the French in 1795, this was one of the first republics of modern times. The head of this republic were called Stadholders. These were descendants of Willem de Zwijger, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), who was the leader of the rebellion against Spain.
A terminus ante quem for this tile pillar is the year 1796 when Drenthe and Staats-Brabant (Noord Brabant) became the eighth and ninth provinces of the Netherlands. Today the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprises twelve provinces.

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