Worked silver
Article 77
total of the noted values: 33 ponds 10 ounces 7 Engels
According to the inventory section on silver coins, silver was worth about 58 stuivers per ounce, just short of 3 guilders
538 ounces x 58 st = 31,204 st = 1,560 gl
This total does not include the silver in the items on the table below that were not weighed by the notary.
Achter de Gevels van Delft (pp 455, 456) analyzed 20 inventories in Maria's tax bracket (the highest) and time period (1738 - 1762). Compared to her peers, Maria did not have many silver pieces.
| total | average | Maria | |
|---|---|---|---|
| boxes | 103 | 3 |
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| blaker/kandelaar | 142 | 6 | |
| bord/schaal/schotel | 94 | 5 |
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| comfoor | 45 | 1 | |
| gesp | 97 | 1 | |
| haak | 4 | 2 | |
| kan | 88 | ||
| lepel | 577 | 43 | |
| medaille/penning | 912 | ||
| ring/haarnaald, etc. | 20 | ||
| signet | 9 | 2 | |
| snuiter | 12 | 4 | |
| tasbeugel | 29 | ||
| theebus | 14 | 4 |
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| theepot | 13 | 1 | |
| vingerhoed | 9 | 2 | |
| vork | 380 | 29 |
Worked silver
bowl 2
tea kettle 1
lids 2
salt tubs 10
cuspidors 2
mustard pot 2
tea caddies 4
rings (krans) 5
scabbards 3
puppet things 9
watches 3
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E | O |
E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A bowl (pondskom) | 57 | A little spoon | |||
| A tea kettle, deducting 4 Engels for the rattan (rotting) |
29 | 1 small fork and 1 small spoon | 1 |
10 |
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| A ? (confoort) with 1 triangle and a lamp |
22 | 2 | A silver cap (hoedje), 1 teaspoon, and 2 egg? (eyer) spoons | 10 | 8 |
| 2 square candlesticks with snuffers | 32 | 12 | 2 silver boxes | 1 |
16 |
| 2 large embossed candlesticks | 30 | 2 | 2 needle cookers (naaldekookers), 1 toothpick, hair needles, chain, clasps, and other small knick-knacks | ?? | |
| 2 octagonal candlesticks |
18 | 17 | 10 knife handles and one small fork | 6 |
5 |
| A serving plate | 20 | 14 | 9 pieces of puppet things (stukjes poppegoed) |
2 | 3 |
| 2 plates |
40 | 11 | 1 scabbard? (breyscheede) |
16 | |
| A snuffer (snuijter) and box |
8 | 10 | 2 scabbards with silver mounting? (breyscheeden met silver beslagh) |
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| A snuffer |
2 | 16 | A small knife with silver bands |
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| A silver lid for a pitcher |
7 | 1 | A small agate knife and fork with silver |
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| A ditto, smaller | 2 | 8 | 4 small horns (hoorntjes) with silver |
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| 4 round salt tubs |
10 | 14 | A printing plate (drukplaat) | 2 | 3 |
| 6 square ditto | 24 | 16 | A psalm book with silver clasps (slooten) | ||
| A porridge bowl (papkom) | 6 | 18 | A testament with silver clasps (slooten) | ||
| 2 cuspidors | 13 | 18 | An evening prayer book with silver snaps and a psalm book with green leather |
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| An octagonal teapot (trekpot) with a little dish for the used leaves | 14 | 8 | A little psalm book with clasps | ||
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missing An embossed mustard pot |
4 | 16 |
A double psalm book with snaps | ||
| A smooth mustard pot | 5 | 5 | A silver watch | ||
| Two tea?? (theebosjes) | 7 | 7 | A ditto, smaller | ||
| 2 ditto, smaller |
3 | 3 | A ditto, even smaller | ||
| A large ring (krans) | 19 | 3 | 1 needle cooker | 19 | |
| 4 small ditto |
29 | 19 | 2 thimbles |
14 | |
| An embossed cup with a lid, gilded within |
14 | 8 | A signet with a portrait of Leeuwenhoek | ||
| 6 ?? (onwerwetse) spoons |
8 | 15 | A ditto with the van den Berch coat of arms | ||
| 13 ditto spoons |
18 | 7 | A small scale | 18 | |
| 13 spoons and 6 forks |
32 | 3 | Some bells (bellen) and buttons (knoopjes) | 4 | 4 |
| 20 forks |
17 | 18 | 8 dog bells (hondebelletjes) | ||
| A pepper pot |
2 | 16 | 3 sticks and some silver pieces | 2 | 16 |
| A clasp and hook |
9 | 2 | Some silver on the glass tea bottle (theefles), by estimate | 1 | 14 |
| A keyring and hook |
4 |
17 | |||
| 6 egg? (eijer) spoons |
10 | 15 | Total 33 ponds |
10 |
7 |
trekpot - Nedersaksisch (West Low German) for teapot
