Pair of Dutch gold Bible clasps

  • Gouden bijbelsloten Dordrecht 18e eeuw
  • Gouden bijbelsloten Dordrecht 18e eeuw
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Pair of Dutch gold Bible clasps

Hendrik Giltay

Dordrecht, 1782

71 grams, 13.8 cm long

 

The clasps, chased with three veiled women’s heads and three men’s heads in ovals, are mounted on Het Nieuwe Testament met Psalmen, printed by Johan Enschede & Zonen, Haarlem, 1785. They are typical examples of Neo Classicism in the Netherlands and were therefore shown at the exhibition Dordrechts Goud en Zilver in 1975.

 

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Dordrechts Goud en Zilver, Dordrecht, 1975, pp. 41-42, nr. 119

 

Provenance:

A.C. Beeling, Leeuwarden, 1976

C.D. Kikkert, Amsterdam, 2009

Polak, Amsterdam, 2010