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Lot 34

A large 17th century Dutch silver beaker
Pieter Groen, Delft 1667

Fine Decorative Arts, 1200-1900

18 December 2020, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £35,250 inc. premium

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A large 17th century Dutch silver beaker

Pieter Groen, Delft 1667
With a flaring lip, the sides engraved with strap-work and presentation inscriptions relating to the Delft educational system, the underside of the base engraved with a teacher and his pupils, height 20.5cm, weight 15.5oz.

Footnotes

The inscription around the lip reads:

Der Orderen der Schoolen der Stadt Delft is gepubliceerd den 29 Julius Ao 1663.

'The School Orders in the City of Delft were published on 29 July A[nn]o 1663.'

The inscription on the lower half begins with a list of six names:

Matthijs de Roo, Jan de Weert, Pr. v Lindern, Wr van Grisschijn [?], S. van der Maas, A. van den Tak.

The inscriptions continues:

Dees Seyn Promoteurs van ons Prouf (...) en Orde
Teneind'men in dees Stadt mocht goede Meesters Vor'dern
Onder het wijs bestier van ons Magistraet
Die Sy soo vonden goedt tot Burgersnut in Laat

'These are the promoters of our exams and orders
whereby this city will create good school teachers,
under the wise guidance of our Magistrate
who are good enough to enter into their new job for the benefit of society.'

The engraving ends with what is presumably the engraver's monogram: 'PVL'.

The 'orders' mentioned in the inscription refer to the increased secularisation of the education system taking place.

Pieter Groen became a master of the Delft silversmiths' guild in 1646, and was four times appointed assayer, the last time in 1668.

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