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An important and rare Dutch silver lectern

Description
An important and rare Dutch silver lectern, Zwolle 1707. Engraved with the name of: Maria Van Aken and embossed with the monogram I H S and the family armorials of the family Van Doetinchem. Made by the silversmith: Gerrit van der Bergh, Zwolle 1707 Gerrit van der Bergh was working from. circa: 1692 till 1715 Fully market twice. Wide: 47 cm, high: 43 cm.

Provenance:
Maria Van Aken (buried before: 1722 in the Bethlehem Church in Zwolle.) A collector from the state New York 1982 The Barbara Piasecka Johnson collection 2009  Exhibition: Opus Sacrum the exhibition of the collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson in the Royal Castle in Warsaw 1990 Litt: B.Dubbe, Zwols zilver “ Het Zwolse goud en zilversmids ambacht en zijn meesters”. Zwolle 1999 ( with photo) A pair of silver altarcandle sticks with the same Van Doetinchem family armorials, made in the second half of the 17th. century, by the Zwolle gold smith: Derck Lambersen Bergh have the initials: VA ( Van Aken ) in addition to the Van Doetinchem Arms. Till now it is not known how the connection was between the family’s Van Aken and Van Doetinchem.