A DUTCH SILVER WINE CISTERN

Lot 29
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Lot 29 | A DUTCH SILVER WINE CISTERN
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A DUTCH SILVER WINE CISTERN
MARK OF ADAM LOOFS, THE HAGUE, 1704
Oval on raised gadrooned foot, the body chased on the lower part with fluting and applied in centre on each side with a large cartouche, one cast and chased with coat-of-arms and coronet above and the other engraved with an inscription, with two scroll hinged drop-ring handles cast and applied above with scrolls and shell terminal, the shaped upper rim applied with reeded band, marked on base; with later exhibition labels underneath and later copper lining
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) long
162 oz. 5 dwt. (5,048 gr.)
The arms are those of the van Wassenaer for Arent van Wassenaer (1669-1721), Heer [Lord] van Voorschoten en Duvenvoorde and also Baron van Wassenaer. He married Lady Anna Margaretha Bentinck (1683-1763), daughter of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, and Anne Villiers.
The inscription in one of the cartouche reads 'Nobillissimo / Jacobo Joanni Brilano / Wassenariae Baroni / Illustris et generosi viri / Arnoldi Baronis de Wassenaer / Woorschotani Toparchae / filio primogenito / hoc honorarium cum infantem / Sacris undis tollerent / ex aere publico donarunt / S.P.Q. Britanus' which translates as "To the most noble Jacob Jan Brilanus, Baron of Wassenaer, eldest son of the illustrious and noble lord Arent, Baron of Wassenaer, Lord of Woorschoten, this customary gift was given from public funds by the Senate and People of Brielle when, as an infant, he was baptised."




Provenance

Arent van Wassenaer (1669-1721), Heer [Lord] van Voorschoten en Duvenvoorde and Baron van Wassenaer and his wife Lady Anna Margaretha Bentinck (1683-1763), Baroness van Wassenaer then by descent to,
Jacoba Maria van Wassenaer (1709-1771) and her husband Frederik Willem Torck, seigneur de Heerjansdam, (1691-1761), then by descent to,
Willem Frederik Torck, Baron van Pallandt (1892-1977), Rozendaal.
W. F. T. Pallandt; Christie's, Amsterdam, 23 October 1979, lot 3371.
A Dutch Private Collection.



Literature

Oud Holland, H. E. Van Gelder, Werk van Haagse Zilversmeden, 1950, Vol. 65, p. 22, ill. 23.
N. Powell, 'The Age of William and Mary', The Listener, vol. XLIII, no. 1118, 29 June 1950, p. 1106.
J. Pijzel-Dommisse, Haags goud en zilver, Edelsmeedkunst uit de Hofstad, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, 2005, p. 40, ill. 31.
De Telegraaf, Amsterdam, 12 October 1979 'De wijnkoeler van de jonge baron'.



Exhibited

London, Victoria & Albert Museum, William & Mary and Their Time, 21 June to 20 August 1950, p. 64, no. 130, pl. XV.a.
The Hague, Haags Historisch Museum, Heren van Stand: 800 jaar Van Wassenaer, 16 November 2000 to 18 February 2001.
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