Strooibus, by Francois Marcus Simons, 1803
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Strooibus

Francois Marcus Simons (The Hague, 1750–1828)

1803

Medium
silver (metal)
Classification
strooibus
Dimensions
height 27 cm x diameter 10 cm x weight 453 g
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
W.S. Burger Bequest, Antwerp
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

Dinner service. Silver, parcel gilt. The Hague, 1803 and 1804, by François Simons. The Government of the Batavian Republic presented this service to I.J.A. Gogel (1765 - 1821) in 1804 in recognition of his financial services to the country. Gogel was a prominent patriot, minister of finance under King Louis Napoleon and subsequently financial advisor to King