Description

A 17th century Dutch silver wedding medallion,
unmarked, in the manner of Abraham van den Hecken, Amsterdam circa 1620,
lozenge form, the front with the courtly pair, their hands clasped holding a bunch of flowers, with a chain and the symbol of death at their feet, within a chased border including the Pelican in Her Piety, stags and a winged heart, the reverse with clasped hands and inscribed, length 5.8cm, approx. weight 1.2oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.

For other examples of lozenge-shaped wedding medals see: J.W Frederiks, Dutch Silver, Wrought plate of North and South-Holland, Martinus Nijhoff, the Hague, 1958, Fredericks (pp. 39-43).
For a similar example, see Sotheby's, London, The Family Collection of the late Countess of Burma, 24 March 2021, lot 217.