unknown but....... Curtius, Kurz, de Cort, Kortum, Korten, Kort, Cort, Kurs .........

 

we could not find an exact similar coat of arms,

the most near came 

Kurz of Prague / Praha

and the coat of arms described on the Curtius Website with in the 

General Armorial of J.B. Rietstap, for the family

de Cort - Cort (de) - P. de Liege, de Curtius, Cort Heyligers, Holl.

the name Curtius goes way back, documented in the

Nuremberg Chronicle:

the Liber Chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger in 1493, or Nuremberg Chronicle as it is generally called, is one of the most important German incunables and the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century

various ways the name was written:

de Cort, de Corte, Korte, Korten, Kurtz, Kurtze, Cortum, Corthum, Kortum, Khurtz, Curtze, Korten, Korth, Kurs, Kurt, Kurtzer

this wax seal stamp is for sale at

Delta 98 Den Haag

The Hague, The Netherlands

known: Vrijland and Fraser of Saltoun, Lords of Philorth and Fraserburgh

two wax seals from the estate of:

Liesbeth / Elisabeth Margaretha Julia Vrijland (1955-2021),

daughter of Cornelis Wilhelmus Derk Vrijland (1916-2012) 

and

Bartha / Adriana Engelbartha Fraser (1918-2006)

- this Fraser wax seal is sold to an US collection -

the Vrijland / Vryland coat of arms 

is documented at the CBG - The Hague as:

a shield quarterly, 

I and IV - in red / gules, per fess of silver / argent between stars,

II and III - in red / gules a roze with leaves (on our stamp it looks like a tulip), a crescent and in blue / azure two stars

the Fraser coat of arms at the CBG:

a shield quarterly,

I and IV - in blue / azure, three flowers / frases (on our stamp they are depicted as stars)

II - in gold / Or, a lion rampant, debruised by a riband of red / gules,

III - in red / gules a lion rampant

as crest an ostrich holding a horseshoe in it's beak,

as motto: In God Is All

after some limited research we found Bartha Fraser to be 

the daughter of Jan Fraser (1871-1949)

the son of Jan Jacob Fraser (1896 born in Middelburg)

son of Gerrit Hubertus Fraser,

son of Hugh Adriaan Fraser (1815 born in Vlissingen)

son of Jan Fraser (1776-1852)

son of Hugh / Huybrecht Fraser (1745-1823)

son of Alexander Fraser (born circa 1720) and Anna McCulloch, they married in 1745 in Abernethy and Kincardine, Moray, Scotland

the coat of arms, specific with angels as supporters and motto God Is All, 

leads us to the 18th Century 

House of Fraser of Saltoun, Lords of Philorth and Fraserburgh

see here below no. 17 (click to enlarge)

And what about the ostrich with a horseshoe in it's beak?

For centuries, in several cultures, one thought ostriches 

were fond of eating metal objects

William Shakespeare writes in The Second Part of King Henry VI:

I'll make thee eat iron like an ostrich and swallow my sword like a great pin

and this is a 17th century Dutch delft blue tile:

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The Hague, The Netherlands

known: two brothers Van den Bergh marry sisters Cock and the lamb or cow of the family Crucius

            an 18th century iron fob or wax seal pendant, 

known as a SWIVEL, with triple matrix, a scrollwork frame and 

a central clutch to push down to hold the to be used matrix in place,

we see:

a conjugal coat of arms, for a marriage

I. a castle with towers and reversed flags / vanes of the family 

Van den Bergh / Berch

II.  a bend between two escallops of the family 

Cock

for the marriage in 1746 of

Pieter Van den Bergh (1708-1783) and Johanna Hadewich Cock (1702-1768)

no children documented

or

 Jan Van den Bergh (1707-1737) and Adriana Geertruid Cock (1705-1734)

their daughter, Cornelia Helena Van den Bergh (1733-1741), died at the age of 8

Pieter and Jan were sons of 

Isaac Van den Bergh (1677-1728) and Cornelia van Leeuwen (1675-1753)

Johanna Hadewich Cock and Adriana Geertruid Cock were daughters of 

Mattheus Cock and Hendrica Cornelia Bouman,

and perhaps the above: no children and early deaths, might explain the empty third matrix

a coat of arms, quarterly with inescutcheon

I.  Van den Bergh - a castle with towers and reversed flags / vanes

II. van Leeuwen - a red chevron with three escallops

III. Crucius - per fess in green a lamb, also refered to as a cow and a cross pattee

for mothers side of Isaac Van den Bergh: 

Sara Crucius (1651-1687) 

she married in 1675 with Christoffel Van den Bergh (1639-1719) 

Crucius is also documented as: Kruisius, Crutius, de la Croix

IV. Reijnders / Reynders - in gold, a double headed eagle 

for mothers side of Cornelia van Leeuwen: 

Anna Reijnders (1645-1699) married with Jan van Leeuwen

V. in blue / Azure two crossed swords

in Holland we found this coat of arms for: Riebeeck / Riebeek, 

but no relationship with Bergh / Berch found.

We think it might be derived from the coat of arms / armoirie / blason of 

Jean de la Cour, seigneur De Buisson et vicomte de Caen or 

the blason of Buisson de Champigny en France-Comte, 

in Holland the French name De Buisson et de la Caen was probably written as 

Debuissonet de la Cane 

we found documented:

Maries des Marquis de Buissonet de la Cane (1599-1669), 

she married in 1617 with Isaac van den Berch (1595-1665)

as supporters two lions rampant regardant 

and topped with a five leaf crown

and beneath it all a ribbon with a small face,

the third matrix is vacant / empty

this antique swivel wax seal

is for sale at

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The Hague, The Netherlands

known: Raedt and Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt

 antique wax seal stamp with the coat of arms of the family

RAEDT

also: Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt

and other ways of writing are: Raadt, de Raad, de Raet

the family motto is known to be:

Raadpleeg Wind En Stroomen

for: consult the wind and currents

The surname begins as Raedt and changes into Readt van Oldenbarnevelt.

Here above you can read at X., that 

Antonis Readt van Oldenbarnevelt died in 1852 

at House / estate / landgoed / Huize Morren, in Oosterwolde,

 were his family lived since the 18th century

Some members of the Readt and Readt van Oldenbarnevelt family are burried on the estate in the woods called Kelderbos,

the small building above the crypt (grafkelder) has a plaque with the text:

Hic defunctorum molliter ossa cubent

grafkelder in het Kelderbos van landgoed Morren, vroeger genaamd Wynbergen's Erve, Oosterwolde

"Moge het gebeente van de doden hier zacht rusten"

geslacht Readt, op deze stempel het familiewapen als: in zilver twee blauwe golvende dwarsbalken / lijnen, een omziende windhond / hazewind houdende het schild 

maar ook beschreven als: in zilver twee golvende blauwe dwarsbalken, helmteken: een uitkomende zilveren hazewindhond, met gouden halsband, de kop omgewend

sold by

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to a USA collection

known: Verschoor

 an antique wax seal made of a beautiful cut brazilian agate, with the Dutch coat of arms of

Verschoor

a surname historical also known as: van der Schoer (date 1415), Schoir (date 1515), Ver Schoor, Schoor, Schor, van Schore, van Schorre, van der Schoore, Schoore, van der Schorre, van der Schoor 

with on the shield a blue ball / azure orb / shere / Globus Cruciger, with a golden band and a cross / regalia / cross bottany / Athelstan's cross hanging down, as crest a goat / ram / aries' head

the word "schoor" or "schorre" in Dutch means low land behind a dike near a river or sea, that was reclaimed from the water, related to the english word "shore"

There are many Verschoor family lines and several coat of arms, this coat of arms might have been introduced in 1657 after a marriage of 

Nicolaas / Claes Verschoor van Nisse, Schout-Bij-Nacht under command of Admiraal Michiel de Ruijter

he married in 1657 with Mechteld van Benthem / von Bentheim / van Bentum, one of the Van Benthem's coat of arms is also an orb, but with the cross on top

Nicolaas Verschoor died during The Battle of Stromboli / De Slag bij Stromboli, 

in 1676, whether on the ship the Spieghel or the Eendracht

Nisse, former known as Gerbennesse, is a small village on the island Zuid-Beveland in Zeeland, Holland, on the shores of the river De Zwake, laying protect from the water behind an area of "schorren"

above: Heerlijkheid Nisse / Heerlykheyt van der / Heerlyckheyt van den Nisse

in 1793 Cornelia Wernerina Spijker, Vrouwe van Nisse and Vrouwe in Sinoutskerke en Baarsdorp (1773-1844) married with Jan Hendrik Verschoor (1769-1843), some descendents were  Reinier Jan, Jan Reinier Frans and Caroline Agnita Verschoor van Nisse

geslacht familie Verschoor, wapen: in zilver een omgekeerde blauwe rijksappel, omgord en gekruist van goud / azuren bol hangend met kruis van goud, helmteken een hals en kop van een zilveren ram en goud gehoornd

sold by Delta 98 Den Haag

to a descendent of Verschoor van Nisse in The Netherlands

unknown

 an antique wax seal with a 16th or 17th century coat of arms

sold by Delta 98 Den Haag,

now in a private collection in Canada

a shield quartered / quarterly, 

with on I. and IV. a merchant's mark, 

in Dutch called: 

Huismerk - Handmerk - Sibbeteken - Familiemerk 

on II. and III. a cauldron,

here a 16th - 17th C. cooking pot on three feet, 

with ears and a handle / grip, in Dutch called:

ketel - kookpot - grape - pot - aker - graap - stoofpot - brouketel,

we could not find this specific merchants mark, there are very many, f.e.

the pot with grip might belong to the family / surname 

Ketelaer 

but we could not find the combination with the merchants mark

other names we have researched without result were:

Ketelaar, Keteleers, Ketelers, Keteler, Kettel and

Pottegieter, Potgeter, Potter, Potgieser, Potgiesser, Pottgieter,

Potgieter and Pottgieter

huismerk / sibbeteeken: 

omgewende / omgekeerde cijfer 4 / vier, 

de vier met doorlopende dwarslijn / dwarsbalk, 

even lang als de twee dwarslijnen daaronder

known: Coerman

 an antique wax seal with coat of arms, sold by 

Delta 98 Den Haag

with a 17th Century boot

for the family

Coerman

- a shield of gold with a boot, as crest a barred helmet with a goat -

because the provenance is a collection of seals from

Van Alderwerelt and Heldewier it might have been passed down by

Gijsbertus Johannes Coerman 

to his daughter Maria Henriette Arnoldine Coerman

who married in 1839 with Daniel Ocker Heldewier

17th century boots can be seen on the 

Nachtwacht by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

and on the feet of The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan:

een zegelstempel met het familiewapen van het geslacht Coerman:

 in goud een laars, helmteken halfaanziend met een uitkomende bok

now in a private collection in Canada

known: Van Nispen

 This coat of arms was an easy one to find,

it belongs to the family Van Nispen

I can tell you about the provenance of this wax seal, 

about the branche Van Nispen tot Sevenear and 

a marriage with a lady Lonyay de Nagy Lonya, 

I can tell you about her family in Abbazia or 

his noble Dutch and her noble Hungarian origin, 

but I am taking another way. 

I will go to Uppland, Winterswijk and Upland

here above and under

Huis Seventer - Huis Sevenaer 

where Van Nispen's have lived since 1785

Heraldry and lineage of the Van Nispen family:

 

see: http://www.familieverenigingvannispen.com

Now the different route.

I am born in Upland, California, US.

Our family went to The Netherlands, to the village Winterswijk.

Between 1905 and 1928 the mayor was 

Jonkheer Gerard Albert van Nispen (1868-1949),

his father had a beautiful name:

Gneomar Adalbert van Nispen

The mayor lived in this house:

Villa De Helderkamp in Winterswijk,

now the Karel Doormanstraat.

He was very much involved in getting the dirt roads around Winterswijk paved.

Also the road from Winterswijk, through Woold, to Bocholt in Germany.

During the work there a huge stone was found: 12010kg

In 1915 it was placed on a pedestal in Woold, 

on the crossing of Holdersweg, Langediek and Wooldseweg,

And known since as De Dikke Steen - The Fat Stone

Reserach was done about the origin of the stone.

According to the Heseman method in 1930 

it came from the east of the middle Balticum, Scandinavia

According to the Rijks Geologische Dienst, Zandstra in 1983, it could by more specified as from Dalarna or ...... Uppland

You might understand that I, 

coming from Upland, 

prefer it comes from Uppland

the seal is sold by Delta 98 Den Haag, to the US.....

text by: Marx Warmerdam, The Hague