AN 1952 JAN VAN RIEBEECK 300 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SOLA 90 DUTCH SILVERPLATED SPOON

HERE ON AUCTION WE HAVE A DUTCH SOLA 90 SILVERPLATED SPOON MADE FOR THE 300 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JAN VAN RIEBEECK.
 
SOLA SILVERPLATE: It was 1868 when Johannes Albertus Adolf Gerritsen (1840-1925) decided to open his own jewelry store in Amsterdam. His craftsmanship was passed on to the Gerritsen family and half a century later, in 1922, led to the creation of today's Sola, after the French word soleil (sun).
 
Jan van Riebeeck was commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope until 1662. After that, he was promoted to Secretary to the Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies and served there from 1665 to 1677. He never returned to live in the Netherlands. Van Riebeeck died in Batavia (now Jakarta) on the island of Java in 1677.
Jan van Riebeeck is of cultural and historical significance to South Africa. Many of the Afrikaner population view him as the founding father of their nation. His image appeared ubiquitously on stamps and coins of South Africa from the 1940s up until 1993.
April 6 used to be known as Van Riebeeck's Day, and later as Founders' Day but the holiday was abolished by the ANC government after the democratic elections of 1994. Van Riebeeck's image no longer features on any official currency or stamps, but statues of him and his wife remain standing in Cape Town. The coat of arms of the city of Cape Town is based on the Van Riebeeck family coat of arms.
The "company gardens" where vegetables were grown are now a park in the middle of Cape Town. In the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, there is a wild almond hedge still surviving that was planted on van Riebeeck's orders as an outer barrier. The initial fort was made of mud, clay, and timber, and had four corners, or bastions. The fort later became a pentagonal stone structure known as The Castle of Good Hope, or just The Castle, which was built between 1666 and 1679, several years after van Riebeeck left the Cape, has five bastions, and is made of brick, stone, and cement.
Van Riebeeck reported the first comet discovered from South Africa, C/1652 Y1, which was spotted on December 17, 1652. Like many other charted comets, it has not returned to earths view.
Jan Van Riebeeck's administration started a tradition in 1658, by banishing Autshumato, a Khoikoi interpreter, to an island in Table Bay for his crimes against the Dutch authorities. The Dutch called it Robben Island after the seals living there. Many years later, other famous political prisoners like Nelson Mandela would also be sent to Robben Island.
 
NOTE I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER INTERESTING AND RARE SPOONS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. THEY INCLUDE A SECTOR 10 AND NATAL RUGBY SPOONS, ELABORATELY CUTOUT DESIGN DRAGON (HONG KONG) AND ROMAN LEGIONARY (ITALY) SPOONS, A JAN VAN RIEBEECK 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPOON, A RARE ROLEX BUCHERER INTERLAKEN SPOON. ALSO A 24K GOLD PLATED SPOON AND VARIOUS DUTCH AND GERMAN VINTAGE SILVERPLATED SPOONS.
 
CONDITION: SPOONS IN GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION
 
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