Smallest one is: Height 6, diameters 6.
Tortoiseshell and silver
H. 4.3 x W. 17 x D. 9.5 cm
The function of bible boxes in the Dutch East Indies was just as much a status symbol, to show off one’s wealth on the way to church, as it was to hold a small bible or hymnbook. Bible boxes existed in gold, silver, ivory, sometimes inlaid with precious stones, and in Coromandel or ebony wood. In the Dutch East Indies on the way to church, the women tried to display their fortune by the costliness of her bible box. The highest-ranking women had gold bible boxes, inlaid with precious stones, carried by a slave. The lower-ranking women had wooden bible boxes as the present ones. In 1754 Governor-General Jacob Mossel decreed that only the wives and widows of a Governor-General, Director General, Councillor of India or President of the Justice Council, were allowed to carry golden boxes adorned with precious stones in public.
4750 each.
The pair is decorated in a colorful floral and scroll pattern and features rolled handles at each side.
Dimensions for each urn:
9.75″ diameter
14.75″ tall.
This brightly colored blue and white Dutch delft vase is a testament to the Western appreciation of and quest for Chinese porcelain. The recipe for porcelain was a mystery in Europe until well into the 18th century. Chinese porcelains held great status as works of art and were exported to the West in huge quantities. At the same time, European factories created their own wares to emulate the Chinese blue and white pieces. Delft, or tin-glazed earthenware, was the Netherlands’s response to blue and white porcelain.
What is especially interesting about this particular Dutch delft vase, however, is its decoration. The overglaze polychrome enamels reference “clobbered” china, or blue and white Chinese export porcelains which were later decorated in Europe with overglaze polychrome accents. While the vase is clearly earthenware, not porcelain, the high status of Chinese wares in that society is obvious in its emulation of style, motifs, and treatment. A faux reign mark completes the allusion to Chinese porcelain.
Dimensions: 14 in. H x 7 in. Dm at the widest point (35.5 cm H x 17.8 cm Dm)
Condition: Very good. Attractive craquelure all over. An area of scuffing originally made after glazing, measuring 5/8 in. x 3/8 in. Some wear to black around top and bottom rims.
Provenance:
J. Zeberg, Antwerp.
A very attractive design, the Hourglass shape is made in wood strapping, and the original brass liner is present
The planter sits on turned wooden feet and it has its own handle
The planter is in good antique condition and the brass liner does have a few old repairs
The Planter is 16” tall and 15” in diameter
JK171.
Holland, Circa 1960s
Measures: 5.75″W x 4.25″D x 9.5″H.
Good original vintage condition. Minor surface wear expected with age and use.