a rare and important flagon of the Farmer’s guild, known as the Voerliedengilde, probably presented by Frans Verbundt, attributed to Engelbertus Moorrees, Nijmegen, active 1765 - circa 1801 Dated 1781

of baluster-shape and turned with three bands finely engraved on the edge with Frans. Ver-Bundt.Ionk.Meester in der Tijt Anno 1781.in.'t Boere-Gildt, with below the five senses, Reuck, Smaak, Gevoel, Gehoor and Gesigt and on the same height NOOYT VOLMAAKT, the middle band engraved with the Temptation of Adam and Eve flanked by the texts 'O, Evaa proeft gij dan den appel soet van smaak is te vrang hoe duct staat U vermaak' and 'Ag Adam laat gij U verlijde en bekoore, Verlosser daelt op al de werelt is verloore', the lower band engraved with a man and a horse pulling a cart with the text 'Die hem tot sijn werk voegt en doet de tijt sijn vlijt, moet Weese wel vernoegt al is het een slegte tijt' and on the other side a man and a horse pulling a sleigh with a barrel away from a house with the text 'Hij moet ook zijn beroep en arrebijdt wel betragte, en dan met leijtsaamheijt de zeegen Gots verwagten' , the medallion charged with an armorial shield flanked by floral motifs engraved with a man on the top of a globe with the inscription below 'Op de werelt is geen meester een yder vol doen kan', the lid turned with turret-shaped finial, the strap handle engraved with flowering scrolls issuing from an urn, the double hinge engraved with sunbursts, the inside turned, silver grey patina

Literature:
Philips / Dubbe no. 161 

Related Literature:
Dubbe 1975 

Boijmans 2005, no. 131, 132

The Publication by B. Dubbe in 1975 lists four guild flagons by Engelbertus Moorrees (op.cit. pp. 60, 62, 64, 66) that all share numerous features with the present flagon, such as the overall shape, same style of engraving and horror vacui, also engraved over the hinge-pin with a sunburst. The comparison is so compelling that the present flagon may safely be attributed to this master.