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
