A Fine Mid-19thC Dutch Oil on Panel Funerary Hatchment or Rouwborden: The Marital Arms of Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau, King Willem II of Netherlands & Queen, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, c.1849 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles concerns regarding the threat posed

concerns regarding the threat posed to the sponge population (and the sponge-diving industry) naturally arose among Ottoman regulators

and instead of reproducing figures according to a prescribed formula

SP: ROSMAR: and MIST: SENN: C hand-painted in black over fiery burnished gold banners with frosted necks

The well known “Barking Bulldogs” of the 1890’s had hidden wheels in their feet similar to this example

John and Milonga Cline

A Fine Mid-19thC Dutch Oil on Panel Funerary Hatchment or Rouwborden: The Marital Arms of Willem Frederik George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau, King Willem II of Netherlands & Queen, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, c.1849 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles concerns regarding the threat posedOrigin: Dutch Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1849 65 The Hatchment: 16. 25 x 13 The Whole in Frame: 22. 75 x 19. 5 Beautifully depicted by a Dutch hatchment painter, the oil on oak panel, showing the St George inescutcheon of the Imperial Russian arms and the field of the Oranje Nassau shield of the Dutch, survives from the third quarter of the nineteenth century presented in a good composition and ebonized moulded frame.