Pieter Cnoll. Senior Merchant of Batavia,
with his Wife Cornelia
van Nieuwenrode and their daughters Catharina (b. 1653) and Hester (b. 1659)
signed c.: J. Coeman fec. Batt.a, 1665.
Pieter Cnoll was the first husband of Cornelia van Nijenroode's (c.1630-1692?) who was born on Hirado from a Dutch father, Cornelis van Nijenrode (d.1633), who was Governer at the VOC Dutch trading post or factory, and his Japanese mistress Surishia.
22.9 × 40.6 × 21.6 cms
A PARCEL-GILTWOOD, GILT-BRONZE AND ROCK CRYSTAL CASKET
Inset overall with rock crystal cabochons and panels; the
hinged lid opening to reveal a later and probably English silk-covered mahogany
loose base; the sides embellished with pairs of spiral rock crystal columns
with Corinthian capitals, on six gilt-wood feet; the underside with paper label
inscribed ‘Art Treasures Exhibition/ WREXHAM, 1876./ D. of Westminster/ Eaton
Hall Proprietor.’
15 3/8 in. (39.2 cm.) wide; 11 ½ in. (29.5 cm.) high; 11 1/3
in. (28.7 cm.) deep
Provenance -
Traditionally Pope Paul V Borghese (1550-1621), with an identical pendant casket.
William Beckford (1760-1844; both caskets), possibly
acquired through the agent Gregorio Franchi in Italy.
Acquired by John Farquhar, as part of the contents of
Fonthill Abbey; and sold, Phillips, The Unique and Splendid Effects of Fonthill
Abbey, 1823, lots 1142 and 1143.
Both caskets purchased by Robert Hume at the above sale on
behalf of Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (1767-1845; later 1st Marquess of
Westminster).
By descent until at least 1878 when they were loaned by
Hugh, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899), to the Midland Counties Art Museum
in the Castle, Nottingham.
Probably purchased by Baron Gustave de Rothschild
(1829-1911), and by descent.
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LITERATURE
J. Rutter, Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey, London,
1823, p. 29.
H. Huth, Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an
Industry, 1550-1950, Chicago, 1971.
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Splendours of the
Gonzaga, 1981-1982, no. 213.
P. Hewat-Jaboor et al., William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye
for the Magnificent, London, 2001, p. 375.
Exhibited - Art Treasures Exhibition of North Wales & the Borders, Wrexham, 1876, number 1263 (with its pendant); 'Two crystal coffers, the framework of wood, richly damascened with minute gold arabesques and panels of rock crystal with twisted crystal columns at the corners. Italian work, 16th century.'
Unrealized projects by Siza Vieira, Souto de Moura,
Carrilho da Graça, Mendes Ribeiro and Manuel Aires Mateus,
240 x 340 cms.
I will need to return to this in due course with more information
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