Brill box made of wood with a lid, associated with eyeglasses of ds Geesteranus A (1593-1658), NS-NM-35-B Brill box made of wood with a lid. Model: flat with rounded corners. The box is cut out on the inside in the shape of the eyeglasses and goggles provided with a lining of red fabric. The lid is secured to the bottom by two brass eyes are on top of the lid and below the box as splints bent open. Originally came from the bottom of copper (?) Eye with a brass hook was closed. The eye is missing. Art: the lid is decorated with incised oak leaves three four passes vormen. Manufacturer : carver:
Brill box made of wood with a lid, associated with eyeglasses of ds Geesteranus A (1593-1658), NS-NM-35-B Brill box made of wood with a lid. Model: flat with rounded corners. The box is cut out on the inside in the shape of the eyeglasses and goggles provided with a lining of red fabric. The lid is secured to the bottom by two brass eyes are on top of the lid and below the box as splints bent open. Originally came from the bottom of copper (?) Eye with a brass hook was closed. The eye is missing. Art: the lid is decorated with incised oak leaves three four passes vormen. Manufacturer : carver: anonymous location manufacture: The Netherlands Date: ca. 1610 - ca. 1658 Physical characteristics: Wood, copper material is wholly: timber closure: copper Technique: cutting / pulling dimensions: original case: l 11 , 3 cm. D × cm. ToelichtingDe box belongs to the glasses that would have carried the Arminian preacher Arnold Geesteranus during his imprisonment in Loevestein, where he was imprisoned for preaching the Arminian doctrine. The glasses and case were then in the family kept as a memento of this
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