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Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

CHALICE

Period:

1639-1640

Artist(s):

GHEUNS

2009/001

Information:

GILDED SILVER
HEIGHT 24.7 CM - BASE DIAMETER 17.5 CM
BY FRANCOIS GHEUNS ( FG)
BRUGES HALLMARKS (CROWNED LION'S HEAD, CROWNED B)
SIX-LOBE BASE. INSCRIPTION: 'DVD ZEELE 16 40 PROC HIE'

Material:

GOLD , SILVER , SILVER GILT

Height (cm):

24.7

Markings:

DVD ZEELE 16 40 PROC HIE

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

CHALICE

Period:

1745-1746

Artist(s):

PETYT

2009/002

Information:

DIAMETER OF BASE: 18 CM
MADE BY ANDREA PETYT (SYMBOL: 3 CROSSED CHISELS)
LETTER DATE E CORRESPONDING TO 1745-1746
BRUGES HALLMARKS (CROWNED LION'S HEAD, CROWNED LETTER B)

Material:

GOLD , SILVER , SILVER GILT

Height (cm):

29.7

Markings:

E

Signature State:

WITH SIGNATURE

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

CHALICE

Period:

1751

Artist(s):

LOGGHE

2009/003

Information:

DIAMETER OF BASE: 15.3 CM
BRUGES HALLMARKS (CROWNED LION'S HEAD, CROWNED LETTER B)

Material:

GOLD , SILVER , SILVER GILT

Height (cm):

23.5

Markings:

51

Signature State:

WITH SIGNATURE / MONOGRAM, INITIAL(S)

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

CHALICE

Period:

1653-1654

Artist(s):

KERCKHOVE

2009/004

Information:

DIAMETER OF BASE: 17.9 CM
INITIALS OF SILVERSMITH : AJK
LETTER X IN A CIRCLE, CORRESPONDING TO DATE 1653-1654
BRUGES HALLMARKS (CROWNED LION'S HEAD, CROWNED LETTER B)
ON THE BASE, AN ALMOST TOTALLY ERASED INSCRIPTION :'DEKENS LIER LSTRAETE CROES PIE VS IA GREFFIER'

Material:

GOLD , SILVER , SILVER GILT

Height (cm):

26.3

Markings:

X AJK B DEKENS LIER LSTRAETE CROES PIE VS IA GREFFIER

Signature State:

WITH SIGNATURE / MONOGRAM, INITIAL(S)

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

MONSTRANCE

Period:

1900

Artist(s):

VANDAMME

2009-005

Information:

GILDED COPPER, COLOURED GLASS, ENAMEL
HEIGHT 77 CM - BASE DIAMETER: 19 CM
AUTHOR: JAN (-BAPTIST) VANDAMME (IDENTIFYING MARK: A V WITH AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR ON TOP) - BRUGES
INSCRIPTION IN THE BASE: 'R. ADM. DNUS EDMUNDUS VAN LEDE CANONICUS PASTOR S. SALVATORIS DONO DEDIT 1900'

Material:

COPPER , ENAMEL , GLASS , GOLD

Height (cm):

77

Markings:

R. ADM. DNUS EDMUNDUS VAN LEDE CANONICUS PASTOR S. SALVATORI

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

MONSTRANCE

Period:

1660-1662

Artist(s):

LYNS

2009-006

Information:

SILVER, BASE AND LOWER PART GILDED SILVER, COPPER RAYS.
HEIGHT 63.7 CM, BASE 26.3 CM X 20.8 CM
BY THOMAS LYNS (IDENTIFYING MARK TL UNDER A BALL WITH A CROSS)
DATE: 1660-1662 (YEAR LETTER 'F')
PLACE: BRUGES HALLMARKS (CROWNED B)

Material:

COPPER , GOLD , SILVER , SILVER GILT

Height (cm):

63.7

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

MONSTRANCE

Period:

1685

Artist(s):

PIERINS

2009-007

Information:

MADE OF SILVER WITH GILDED PARTS, PRECIOUS STONES
HEIGHT 87.5, DIAMETER OF BASE: 29 X 21 CM
MADE BY 'FATHER ADRIAAN PIERINS' (MONOGRAM MAP)
LETTER Y CORRESPONDING TO YEAR 1685
BRUGES HALLMARKS (CROWNED LION'S HEAD, CROWNED LETTER B)
ON THE BASE, INITIALS OF THE SILVERSMITH, DATE 1685 AND BIBLICAL REFERENCE 'MATTH. 17 / MARC. 19 '
ON THE UPPER PART ON A BANNER : ' HIC EST FILIVS MEVS DILECTVS'
ON THE REAR PART : 'COGNVERVNT EVM IN FRACTIONE PANIS'

Material:

GOLD , PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE , SILVER , SILVER GILT

Height (cm):

87.5

Markings:

MAP 1865 MATTH. 17 / MARC. 19 HIC EST FILIVS MEVS DILECTVS

Signature State:

WITH SIGNATURE / MONOGRAM, INITIAL(S)

Description

Type:

RELIGIOUS OR LITURGICAL ITEM

Title (English):

PAIR OF CRUETS WITH TRAY

Period:

19TH CENTURY

Artist(s):

VANDAMME

2009-008

Information:

SILVER
TOTAL HEIGHT: 11.6 CM - BASE DIAMETER: 6.1 CM
AUTHOR: VANDAMME (IDENTIFYING MARK V WITH A STAR ON TOP) IN BRUGES
DESCRIPTION: IN THE CRUET (BELOW THE JOINT OF THE HANDLE), A (AQUA) AND V (VINO) RESPECTIVELY
THE INITIALS 'A.L.F.' ARE MENTIONED AT THE BASE OF BOTH CRUETS.

Material:

SILVER

Height (cm):

11.6

Markings:

A V ALF