Maître Brice Pescheteau-Badin
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A SET of four ‘Papegaai’ (trophies of the archers’ guild) in…
See original version (French)
297
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A SET of four ‘Papegaai’ (trophies of the archers’ guild) in…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
A SET of four ‘Papegaai’ (trophies of the archers’ guild) in 800-part silver, one in vermeil, engraved with a coat of arms and the inscription ‘1662 / (?)P(?) LOMPRE’; another holding three medallions, one of which is engraved ‘Inauguration of the Portrait / presented / by the inhabitants / of / Bondues / to the mayor / of their commune / 8 June 1845’, the reverse ‘Mr Du Bosquiel of Bondues / Mayor / of Bondues / To his Constituents”; the second medallion inscribed ‘Presiding at Cabus’; the third ‘donated by Bouviez, President of the Society of St Sebastian / 11 June / 1810’, the reverse engraved with a figure of St Sebastian;
Southern Netherlands and Flanders,
19th century,
Gross weight: 168 g
INCLUDED is another metal papegaai.
The term papegaai (literally ‘parrot’ in Dutch) refers to the target bird used in pole-shooting competitions by the archers’ and crossbowmen’s guilds of the former Netherlands and Flanders. The trophy awarded to the winner (the guild king) often took the form of a silver bird from which commemorative medallions were hung over the years.
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