description

J. Spaan

Provenance

Private Collection

Detail Description

Historical beaker with a toast to The Act of Guarantee, 15th of April 1788 (de Akte van Garantie) with a diamond line engraving of an Orange tree with the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Seven Arrows of the Dutch Republic and the coat of arms of Prussia above a book, the bible underneath a sword and a scale, signed and dated  J. Spaan. invt et fecit 15 April 1788.

ter Heugelyke Gedagtenis der / ALIANTIEN / met de / KOONINKLYKE HOOVEN / Van / ENGELAND en PRUYSEN / en de  / REPUBLIK VAN NEEDERLAND; / tot Bescherming en Bevesting van het / ERFSTADHOUDERS SCHAP / in het / DOORLUCHTIGE HUYS van ORANJE / De GODSDIENST en JUSTITIE, etc / Geslooten den 15 April 1788. To the happy memory of the alliance of the royal courts of England and Prussia and the Dutch Republic, for protection and confirmation of the hereditary stadtholdership in the illustrious House of Orange, The Religion and Justice, etc., formed the 15th of April 1788