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Bible locks and their different styles, Louis 1...

Louis 15th or rococo style. Approx. 1750 – 1775 This style builds on the previous style and is characterized by more decorations with curling motifs. This was also reflected in...

Dutch silver hallmarks until ca. 1814.

Silver objects from before 1814 are part of our country's heritage. When handicrafts were still real handicrafts, these objects were all carefully crafted by a silversmith. In the past it...

Bible locks and their different styles, Louis 1...

Louis 14th or late Baroque style. Approx. 1675-1750 The Louis XIV style is heavy, pompous and symmetrical. Prosperity in the Netherlands increased and more and more people could buy a...

Bible locks and their different styles, Manneri...

In this Blog we would like to compare the different style periods with the Bible locks in our collection, to show how the development of the Bible locks is linked...

Schager knives

Knives have been made in Schagen since the 15th and 16th centuries. The Schager knife was seen as high quality and used in everyday life. In those centuries everyone took...

Frisian silver

There were already several Frisian silversmiths in the early Middle Ages. We know this from the many soil discoveries that have been made in Friesland. It is often impossible to...