Guild Collar or 'Koningsbreuk' of Alken

Limburg
Second half of the 18th Century and later (1764 - 1842)

Silver, textile and fringes
H. 75 cm. W. 60 cm.

Containing:

Heart-shaped King’s shield, inscribed:
LAMBERTUS VUEGEN
EN MARIA CATHARINA
VRANCKEN CONINCK DER
EDELEN HANTBOOGH
TOT ALCKEN
17 – 64
Silver, unmarked
H. 11 cm.

Heart-shaped King’s shield, inscribed:
J : MOTMANS :
G : VINCKENROIJ :
: TOT ALKEN :
1773
Silver, unmarked
H. 9 cm.

Crescent-shaped King’s shield, inscribed:
LAMBERT · VIJEGEN · CONING · VAN S·T·
SEBASTIANS · CAMER · TOT · ALKEN 1803
Silver, unmarked
W. 13,5 cm.

Heart-shaped King’s shield, inscribed:
L VENDRIKX KONING . M . A
MOMMEN KONINGIN
VAN ST SEBASTIAENS
KAMER TE
ALKEN
1827
Silver, marked
H. 14 cm.

Heart-shaped King’s shield, inscribed:
LADRENS VENDRIKX
KONINCK MET MANNA
MOMMEN VAN DE VRYE
KAMER VAN ALKEN
1830
Silver, marked
H. 12,5 cm.

Heart-shaped King’s shield, inscribed:
G: Grosemans
A: M: Esselen
1842
Silver, marked
H. 12,4 cm.
Possibly made for Guilielmus Gossemans (1775-1858), married in 1821 with Maria Joanna Esselen (1792-1867)

PROVENANCE
Archers Guild St. Sebastian of Alken, Belgium;
With F. Anthonissen & J. Zeberg Antiquités, Antwerp, Belgium (according to a label verso);
Private collection, Belgium