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J.M. van Kempen & Zoon

Silver Birthday Cup for Lieutenant Admiral Engelbert Lucas

Voorschoten, 1865

Object data

silver and gilt

height 40.7 cm × diameter 13 cm × weight 1568 gr

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the lid: SAEVIS TRANQVILLVS IN VNDIS.
  • inscription, on the back: Aan / DEN LUITENANT- / ADMIRAAL / E. LUCAS / Bij het vieren / van zijnen 80sten geboortedag / en als hulde / voor meer dan 70 jaren getrouwe dienst / door hem aan den Lande bewezen / aangeboden / door Z.K.H. PRINS Hendrik / der Nederlanden / LUITENANT ADMIRAAL / Opperbevelheber der vloot / den 30 mei 1865.
  • hallmark
  • alloy mark
  • date letter: F
  • maker's mark
  • maker's mark
  • retailer's mark: VAN KEMPEN / HOFLEVERANCIER

Provenance

...; presented by Prince Hendrik van Oranje-Nassau (1820-1879) to Lieutenant Admiral Engelbert Lucas (1785-1870), 30 May 1865;1...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1304

Copyright: Public domain

Entry

Silver cup with on both sides naval and war attributes in a garland, a crowned H and the above-mentioned inscription. The stem consists of two entwined fantastic fishes squirting water, and reed. The foot has a water-like relief pattern and the edges are decorated with cables. The lid is decorated with a standing sailor with a flag and an anchor, cables and a belt with inscription on the edges. It is marked with the manufacturer’s marks, a dating mark (F = 1865), and hallmarks.

Lieutenant Admiral Engelbert Lucas (1785-1870) had a long and distinguished career in the Dutch Navy and was Secretary of the Navy from 1849 to 1850.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1304; J.C. Mollema, Geschiedenis van Nederland ter zee, 4 vols., Amsterdam 1939-42, vol. 4; R. Baarsen (ed.), ‘De Lelijke Tijd’. Pronkstukken van Nederlandse interieurkunst 1835-1895, exh. cat. Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum) 1995, no. 103

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'J.M. van Kempen & Zoon, Silver Birthday Cup for Lieutenant Admiral Engelbert Lucas, Voorschoten, 1865', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.245116

(accessed 23 November 2024 10:20:47).

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