wax seal, letter stamp, cachet,
petschaft, siegel, sceau, stempel, lakstempel, zegel
antique lacquer seal
made circa 1820, of a beautifull cut agate handle and silver stamp
with the coat of arms of the family:
Scheers
historical also known as:
Scheer Scher Scherer Scherr Scherers Schere
the word Scheer, now written in Dutch as Schaar, means Scissors / Shears
provenance:
Burgemeester / Mayor of the city Nijmegen: Jan Adriaan Scheers
(1753-1825)
he was in 1776 sub schout / bailiff of the township Weurt -
kerspel / kirspel Weurt,
between 1802 - 1807 member of the city council of Nijmegen, The
Netherlands,
in 1807 - 1808 one of the 3 mayors of the city Nijmegen,
between 1803 and 1824 in Nijmegen the mayoralty had 3 mayors per term,
one other mayoor with J. A. Scheers was Hendrik Willem Rappard
J.A. Scheers owned Huis Hatert, a dwelling with a tower, near
Nijmegen, since 1803,
Huis Hatert / Hautert was built in the 14th Century as a castle,
probably by Rudolf / Roelof Van
Der Haltert / Haltart / Haetert / Hatert / Harter / Ter Hautert / Van Der
Hautart
during the 80 / Eighty Years' War / The Dutch War of Independence
1568-1648, the castle was damaged, and later rebuilt as a house or farm, it was
later also known as Spijker Hatert - Spijker is a granary / grain storage / in
Dutch: graanschuur / Spieker
Huis Hatert also belonged to the family Van Bronckhorst (1552), Van
Hasselholt Stockheim (1676), Justinus De Beyer (1690), Scheers (1803) the
municipality of Nijmegen (1956) and Mr. Hofstee (2002)
Jan Adriaan Scheers married in 1791 with Elisabeth Hermina Luimes - born
in 1764, she died in childbirth, in the year of her marriage, giving birth to
their son: Petrus Steffanus Scheers (1791-1866)
the matrix shows a coat of arms with:
3 silver scissors / shears on a blue field, as crest a scissor in a
flight of wings
the scissors in Dutch are called: droogscheerdersscharen, also called
doekscheerdersschaar / bombazijnschaar or wantschaar, used to shave fabric /
droogscheren, called bombazijn, bombasijde, fustein
the silver part has a pretty Biedermeier design and 2 hallmarks
are present: a Dutch silvermark (old sword) and a silversmiths' mark
relevant terms in Dutch: familiewapen wapenschild
wapen patriciërs familie / geslacht Scheers, herkomst J.A. Scheers,
burgemeester van Nijmegen, substituut schout Weurt, leen graafschap Meurs, lid
Nijmeegse gemeenteraad, agaat en zilver, zilvermerk oud zwaardje voor kleine
werken en meesterteken,
wapen: in blauw 3 / drie zilveren
droogscheerdersscharen, helmteken: een zilveren droogscheerdersschaar tussen
een vlucht
this wax seal is sold by:
Delta 98 Den Haag,
The Hague, The Netherlands
