DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.68274#0387
The Dutch Home
£ s. d.
Two pair iron pott hookes, a jack with a wt of 56 lbs. . . 1 14 0
Two pair andirons, one brasse ladle, one iron beefe forke . . 1 0 6
Two pair of tongs, one fire shovell, a long bar of iron . . . 0 4 6
One iron chaine in the chimney and three pot hangers . . . 0 15 6
One bellows, a board to whet knives upon . . . . . 0 1 0
Two copper pots, two brass candlesticks, six tin candlesticks . . 0 10 0
Silverware was an important item in the posses-
sions of the merchant class as well as the nobility. In
1682, weffind the following items in the inventory of a
prosperous butcher :
£ s. d.
Twenty-two silver spoons, one silver forke, three silver gobletts, one
ditto tankard, one ditto mustard pot, one ditto cup with two
eares, five silver small cuppes, one ditto, one goblet, two ditto salt
sellars, one ditto cup, two ditto saucers, one ditto cup, one ditto
spice box, a Cornelia tree cup with silver, two ditto dishes, weight
in all ten pounds. . . . . . . . . 48 0 0
A silver girdle with hanging keys, one ditto with three chaines with
hookes, one gold bodkin, two silver bodkins, " silver for my booke
with a chaine," silver to a belt for a sworde . . . . 1 4 0
One silver hat band . . . . . . . . . 0 13 6
One silver tumbler . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0
One silver bell . . . . . . . . . . 0 18 0
One silver watch . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0
Two pair silver buckles . . . . . . . . 0 8 0
Fourteen gold rings . . . . . . . . . 10 7 6
One pair silver buttons, and one silver knife . . . . . 0 12 0
No view of a Dutch interior of the seventeenth century
would be complete if it neglected to take into considera-
tion the family pets. These are very much in evidence
in the pictures by Dutch masters. These consist of
monkeys, parrots, peacocks, pheasants, cats and dogs.
The monkey is quite a privileged character. Some-
times he is perched on the top of a spinet and some-
times on a has or a chimney-piece.
The masters of vessels that sailed the Eastern Seas,
both English and Dutch, were commissioned by nobles
and potentates to bring home rare animals. In 1609,
269
£ s. d.
Two pair iron pott hookes, a jack with a wt of 56 lbs. . . 1 14 0
Two pair andirons, one brasse ladle, one iron beefe forke . . 1 0 6
Two pair of tongs, one fire shovell, a long bar of iron . . . 0 4 6
One iron chaine in the chimney and three pot hangers . . . 0 15 6
One bellows, a board to whet knives upon . . . . . 0 1 0
Two copper pots, two brass candlesticks, six tin candlesticks . . 0 10 0
Silverware was an important item in the posses-
sions of the merchant class as well as the nobility. In
1682, weffind the following items in the inventory of a
prosperous butcher :
£ s. d.
Twenty-two silver spoons, one silver forke, three silver gobletts, one
ditto tankard, one ditto mustard pot, one ditto cup with two
eares, five silver small cuppes, one ditto, one goblet, two ditto salt
sellars, one ditto cup, two ditto saucers, one ditto cup, one ditto
spice box, a Cornelia tree cup with silver, two ditto dishes, weight
in all ten pounds. . . . . . . . . 48 0 0
A silver girdle with hanging keys, one ditto with three chaines with
hookes, one gold bodkin, two silver bodkins, " silver for my booke
with a chaine," silver to a belt for a sworde . . . . 1 4 0
One silver hat band . . . . . . . . . 0 13 6
One silver tumbler . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0
One silver bell . . . . . . . . . . 0 18 0
One silver watch . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 0
Two pair silver buckles . . . . . . . . 0 8 0
Fourteen gold rings . . . . . . . . . 10 7 6
One pair silver buttons, and one silver knife . . . . . 0 12 0
No view of a Dutch interior of the seventeenth century
would be complete if it neglected to take into considera-
tion the family pets. These are very much in evidence
in the pictures by Dutch masters. These consist of
monkeys, parrots, peacocks, pheasants, cats and dogs.
The monkey is quite a privileged character. Some-
times he is perched on the top of a spinet and some-
times on a has or a chimney-piece.
The masters of vessels that sailed the Eastern Seas,
both English and Dutch, were commissioned by nobles
and potentates to bring home rare animals. In 1609,
269