...; found, with BK-2010-10-1, BK-2010-9-1 and -2, during excavation works in Galgenveld in Leiden, c. 1980;{This was soil from Galgenveld on the north side of Leiden’s old city centre, opposite Galgenwater, which was dumped on the outskirts of the present city around 1980. A quantity of waste earthenware from a pottery was found, including these intact moulds and impressions. Another part of the find was sold to the collector H.J.E. van Beuningen and transferred to the Stichting Het Nederlands Gebruiksvoorwerp in Langbroek. These were the following moulds and reliefs: _Flight into Egypt_ (5 complete moulds and 1 fragment; 2 complete reliefs) and _The World Upsidedown_ (4 moulds, 3 fragments; 2 complete reliefs and 2 bags of shards). Provenance information supplied by J.P. van Halderen of Delft, Christine Vaandrager-Van Beuningen (Huize Rodensteyn in Langbroek) and the dealer who sold the pieces, G. Verhoeven of Delft (written communication June 2010).} Van Someren Collection, Leiden, c. 1980-before 2004;{Van Someren is the dragline operator who made the find.}…; Plomp Collection, Delft, 2005; …; Jan Pieter van Halderen Collection, Delft, 2005; from whom to the dealer G. Verhoeven, Amsterdam (Sanctus Religious Art and Antiques), 2010; from whom, with BK-2010-10-1, BK-2010-9-1 and -2, €1,200 for all four, to the museum, May 2010
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