AN EARLY DUTCH PARCEL-GILT "PATROONSTEKEN", DEN BOSCH, DATE LETTER O (1516-17)

the center applied with a silver-gilt cast figure of a saint, presumably Adrianus van Hilvarenbeek, and ten flower heads, surrounded by an openwork border of thistles, the reverse inscribed with initials of guild heads DVH 1709, HL 43, ...van Kampen, DB 1814, KS and JK, marked at the reverse with town mark and date letter, apparently no maker's mark

HM Koningin Emma (1858-1934)
Thence by descent

The "Patroonsteken" was on display at the exhibition Friesch Zilver in the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, in 1927. See note lot 36.
Exh.Cat., Zilver tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, 1935, p. 9, no 6.
A.M. Koldeweij, Zilver uit ´s-Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen,1985, page 172, number 26.

Marks clear, missing maker's mark, the upper part of the staff partly missing, small scratches and dents of use, the reverse with two visible repairs, some of the small rim leaves slightly bent.
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The maker´s mark is not present for unknown reasons. This medaillon, with a patron saint in the middle, was made for an unknown guild. An identical figure is in the collection of  the museum Het Vleeshuis in Antwerp, it is likely that this figure also represents Adrianus van Hilvarenbeek. He was one of the Gorcum martyrs who was killed in 1575. This implies that the figure was later applied.

The "Patroonsteken" was on display at the exhibition Friesch Zilver in the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, in 1927. There was one showcase present with two shelves for objects of the Royal Family, see page 39 of this catalogue. The contribution of the family was not mentioned in the catalogue, however a very rare image of this showcase was stuck in the book of Nanne Ottema's personal catalogue with his own annotations, which is now in a private collection