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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 were made in Schagen as early as the 15th and 16th centuries. The Schagen knife was considered high-quality and was used in everyday life. In those centuries, everyone brought...

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...

Rare Bible by Egidius Wientjes from Ootmarsum

Rare Bible by Egidius Wientjes from Ootmarsum. (Item number 23-12-705) The story of this Bible starts with Jelis Wientjes who became a master blacksmith in Groningen in 1795. Later in...