LINGOT D`ARGENT DE LA COMPAGNIE NÉERLANDAISE DES INDES ORIENTALES (VOC) - photo 1
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LINGOT D`ARGENT DE LA COMPAGNIE NÉERLANDAISE DES INDES ORIENTALES (VOC)

Lot 97
27.03.2025 01:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1387024
Lot 97 | LINGOT D'ARGENT DE LA COMPAGNIE NÉERLANDAISE DES INDES ORIENTALES (VOC)
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 5 000
LINGOT D'ARGENT DE LA COMPAGNIE NÉERLANDAISE DES INDES ORIENTALES (VOC)
Peut-être Johannes Tornoys, vers 1724, Middleburg
En forme de deux lingots accolés, marqués sur un côté: Z / VOC / M pour la ville ville et essayeur / maître-orfèvre
L. 15.5 cm.(6 1/8 in.)
1961 gr. (63 oz.)




Provenance

Robert Stenuit.
Axel Vervoordt, 1992.
Collection Onzea-Govaerts, Belgique.



Further details

A DUTCH SILVER VOC INGOT
ZEELAND CHAMBERS IN MIDDLEBURG OF THE DUTCH EAST-INDIAN COMPANY, WITH ASSAY MARK OF PROBABLY JOHANNES TORNOYS, CIRCA 1724
oblong with truncated ends, stamped on one side: Z / VOC / M for Middleburg and assay master

The Slot ter Hoge, or Slot ter Hooghe, was a merchant ship sailing for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). During its firsyt voyage to Batavia, it was shipwrecked off the island of Porto Santo, located northeast of Madeira.
In 1725, at the request of the Dutch, John Lethbridge attempted to recover the cargo, but it was only in the 1970s that the shipment of silver coins and ingots was successfully retrieved by Robert Stenuit, a Belgian diver.
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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