Important & Rare Dutch Silver Lectern Book Stand, 1707

An important and rare Dutch silver lectern book stand, 1707 inscribed: Maria Van Aken and embossed with the monogram: i h s and the family armorials of the family Van Doetinchem. By: 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 New York state 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 on it is not known how the connection was between the family’s Van Aken and Van Doetinchem. 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 19th. century, by the Zwolle gold smith: Derck Lambersen Bergh have the initials: Va ( Van Aken ) in addition to the Van Doetinchem Arms. Till now on it is not known how the connection was between the family’s Van Aken and Van Doetinchem.