een antieke lakstempel,
met het familiewapen van de familie Zeper uit Leeuwarden
met op een zilveren plaatje de tekst:
Meinard Eelco Petrus Zeper den 25 Oktober 1862
a beautiful made, antique, 19th Century wax seal stamp, of wood and silver,
with the very clear coat of arms of the Dutch family
ZEPER
- the mirrored image -
personalized with a silver plaque on the top for
Meinard Eelco Petrus Zeper (1848-1936)
with the date 25 October 1862
we do not know the occasion, but Meinard was 14 years old
descending from a Dutch Mennonite family from Friesland
Meinard married in 1886 with Henriëtte de Vries Robbé (1850-1911)
The Zeper's were soap manufacturers, soap in Dutch is zeep, a zeper or zeepmaker / zeepzieder is a soap maker, in the Frisian language sieper / sjieper,
Meinard's father Dirk Zeper was also mayor of the city Leeuwarden, his mother was of the family Waller, so he was related to the family who used the name
Waller Zeper / Walier Zeper
The silversmith's makers mark is RR*, for Reinder Reijnders from Leeuwarden, Friesland, he used this mark between 1855 and 1891
geslacht Zeper wapen: gevierendeeld, I. in goud drie tonnen, II. in blauw / azuur drie tulpen zonder steel / tulpenkelken, III. in blauw / azuur een stappende haan, IV. in goud drie klavers / klaverbladen
text: Marx Warmerdam
collection: delta 98 den haag
