Jug with lid, made for the Johan van Borssele van der Hoge and Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Coninck couple, made of gold. Vaulted foot with scalloped edge. Baluster-shaped trunk. Concave funnel-shaped chalice. Vaulted profiled lid, with a lion-shaped knob. Feet, stem, chalice and lid are decorated with volutes and seed beads. Two cartouches with allegorical representations on the chalice. In the first cartouche, Minerva accompanies a child to the temple under the watchful eye of Godliness and the Vlijt. In the second cartouche, a wedding ceremony is held in the presence of Juno and Venus. In
Jug with lid, made for the Johan van Borssele van der Hoge and Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Coninck couple, made of gold. Vaulted foot with scalloped edge. Baluster-shaped trunk. Concave funnel-shaped chalice. Vaulted profiled lid, with a lion-shaped knob. Feet, stem, chalice and lid are decorated with volutes and seed beads. Two cartouches with allegorical representations on the chalice. In the first cartouche, Minerva accompanies a child to the temple under the watchful eye of Godliness and the Vlijt. In the second cartouche, a wedding ceremony is held in the presence of Juno and Venus. In between the cartouches are the arms of the married couple Johan van Borssele van der Hoge (1707-1764) and Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Coninck (1733-?) And the arms of the married couple Wilhem van Citters (1685-1758) and Maria Kien (1694-1753) depicted, held up by angels. The lid knob represents a lion rising out of the water with the Zeeland proverb LUCTOR ET EMERGO, beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion, rocaille ornament, cupids: amores, amoretti, putti, specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva, Minerva as patroness, Faith, 'Fides', 'Fede', 'Fede catholica', 'Fede christiana', 'Fede christiana catholica' (Ripa), one of the Three Theological Virtues, Carefulness, Diligence, 'Diligenza' (Ripa) (personification), civil marriage ceremony, (story of) Juno (Hera), Jan van Borssele van der Hooghe, Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Coninck, Willem van Citters, Maria Kien, Louis Métayer, Amsterdam, 1754, gold (metal), h cm d cm × w gr
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