English Maritime Wool Work

Folk art by an English sailor.

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MEERSCHAUM SAILOR’S PIPE CA. 1880

Extraordinary and rare beautiful model sailor’s pipe.
A pipe handle like an arm with ruches at the wrist.
A held out hand with an open flower as pipe head.
Comes complete with original box with inscription: xlnt.

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MEERSCHAUM SAILOR’S PIPE CA. 1880

Very beautiful ladies’ head of an extraordinarily nice quality.
Nice sharp features with frivolous hat decorated with flowers, a large feather and a ribbon.
Hardly used, if ever.
Length 10 cm.

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Brass VOC Tinderbox Ca. 1640

A brass tinderbox with the United East Indian Company crest.
The tinderbox was used for making fire e.g. for lighting a pipe and also for keeping snuff.
In the 17th century the VOC was Holland’s first big multinational.

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Brass Tinderbox: Jan Carel Josephus Van Speyk Ca. 1833

When the Belgian Revolution started in 1830, King Willem Frederik van Oranje-Nassau sent an army to
Brussels and appointed his son, the Prince of Oranje-Nassau to be field marshal.
The battle was lost and the revolution spread over Belgium.
The Citadel of Antwerp was one of the last remaining Dutch strongholds. The commander of the Citadel was general Chassé.
This beautifully crafted tinderbox was made in honour and in memory of the battle of the Citadel of Antwerp.
The three leading characters are depicted on the tinderbox cylinder in full military dress with hat, epaulettes and brevets,
surrounded by a wreath, the sign of a victor.
The lighthouse J.C.J. van Speyk near Egmond Aan Zee is his official monument.
The tinderbox itself is really a precursor to the lighter.
If flammable material was ignited with a flint, the dust kept simmering if the box was closed.
The hot tinderbox could be carried safely by means of a chain attached to the trouser belt.

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