A BELGIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL MIRROR-PLATEAU

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1916

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A BELGIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL MIRROR-PLATEAU
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1916
Shaped oval, on four bracket feet, each applied with the enamelled Dutch Royal arms below a Royal cown, each side applied with a plaque with an engraved inscription
40 1/2 in. (103 cm.) long
The inscriptions read 'A MONSIEUR MAURICE VAN VOLLENHOVEN, EN SOUVENIR DES ANNÉES, 1914 - 1915 - 1916, BRUXELLES' and 'COMTE, CTESSE JOHN D'OULTREMONT, BT. PAUL PYCKE DE PETEGHEM, BT LOUISE DE ROEST D'ALKEMADE, MT. CH DE PEÑARANDA DE FRANCHIMONT, BT. JANSSEN, MR. GEORGES LE CLERCQ, MR. A. MESDACH DE TER KIELE'

Provenance

Presented to Maurits (Maurice) Willem Raedinck van Vollenhoven (1882-1976) in 1916.

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Lot Essay

Maurits (Maurice) Willem Raedinck van Vollenhoven (1882-1976) was in 1914 appointed to the embassy in Brussels. At the outbreak of the First World War, Belgian king and his government moved to Le Havre and the the Dutch ambassador followed the king there, leaving van Vollenhoven in Brussels. He served there until 1917. In May 1917 Van Vollenhoven was granted the title of 'Minister-resident' by the Dutch government. His diplomatic career continued in Spain where he served as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Madrid from 1919. On 14 April 1921 he married Maria Christina de Borbón y Madan (1886-1985), daughter of daughter of Pedro de Alcantara de Borbón and de Borbón, Duque de Durcal (1862-1892) and Maria de la Caridad de Madan and Uriondo (1867-1912).

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