Live Auction 2868The Decorative Arts Sale
A Dutch silver miniature hearth-plate, fire-basket, sticks and bricks
Lot 116

A Dutch silver miniature hearth-plate, fire-basket, sticks and bricks

THE HEARTH-PLATE WITH MARK OF VAN STRANT, AMSTERDAM, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ALL PIECES STRUCK WITH LATER DUTCH DUTY MARKS

Closed5 October 2011

Price Realised

EUR 11,250

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A Dutch silver miniature hearth-plate, fire-basket, sticks and bricks
The hearth-plate with mark of van Strant, Amsterdam, early 18th Century, all pieces struck with later Dutch duty marks
The rectangular hearth-plate on four feet, the back-plate chased with the coat-of-arms of the Netherlands, the lion holding a patriotic staff and hat, the later loose rectangular fire-basket with five later loose sticks and five later loose bricks, marked on base and sides
7.8 cm. high
104 gr. (11)

Specialist note

During the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) the Dutch started using the image of the Dutch Maiden seated in a closed garden holding a spear with a freedom hat as a symbol in their battle against the Spanish. The garden symbolizing the piece of land that they had fought free from the Spanish and the spear with freedom hat symbolizing their willingness to keep on fighting to protect this freedom. Overtime the symbol was adapted and used for several purposes. In the late 18th century the Patriots started using the image of a lion with spear and freedom hat for their struggle against the powers of The Hague.