{"id":8470,"date":"2014-03-30T12:21:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8470"},"modified":"2014-03-30T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T19:50:00","slug":"inventive-repairs-at-the-rijksmuseum-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8470","title":{"rendered":"Inventive repairs at the Rijksmuseum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Past Imperfect goes international, as I am in Amsterdam, the first stop of my European jaunt and research tour. I have just returned from spending a few hours at the gorgeously renovated Rijksmuseum, home of world renowned art and a collection of exquisite Dutch ceramics. While most pieces I saw were jaw-dropping, they appeared to be intact and had in fact, not been dropped at all. So, no inventive repairs for me to drool over. But I did see one 17th century jug with a metal sleeve covering a broken handle, but the repaired end was turned away from the front of the vitrine, so no one could see it\u2026except for me. Sadly, it was too dark to get a good photo of it.<\/p>\n<p>I did spot this early Delft bowl with religious decoration that was just sitting on a shelf without any mention of the HUGE, early metal staples holding it together. Yes, I thought you&#8217;d like it, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8472\" alt=\"IMG_9955\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99551.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99551.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99551-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8473\" alt=\"IMG_9956\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9956.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9956.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9956-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9957.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8474\" alt=\"IMG_9957\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9957.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9957.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9957-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9958.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8475\" alt=\"IMG_9958\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9958.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9958.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9958-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also stumbled upon a wonderful oil painting, Prince&#8217;s Day by Jan Havicksz Steen (1625-1679), depicting the birthday celebration of Prince William III of Orange-Nassau on November 14, 1650. I always imagined that many a &#8220;perfect&#8221; jug and tankard became candidates for inventive repairs after long days and nights of rowdy celebration. If you look closely, you can see a barmaid holding a jug in her right hand with what appears to have a replaced pewter handle and support straps along the middle and bottom. I have seen repairs such as this on German jugs of the same time period, so I was excited to see it included in this painting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99361.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8477\" alt=\"IMG_9936\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99361.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99361.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99361-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8476\" alt=\"IMG_9933\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99331.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99331.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_99331-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9938.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8478\" alt=\"IMG_9938\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9938.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9938.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9938-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This coming Thursday, April 3rd, at 6PM, I will be giving a lecture in London at Bonhams for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.englishceramiccircle.org.uk\/meeting2_result.asp?category=2\">English Ceramic Circle<\/a>. Please come see me and say hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Imperfect goes international, as I am in Amsterdam, the first stop of my European jaunt and research tour. I have just returned from spending a few hours at the gorgeously renovated Rijksmuseum, home of world renowned art and a collection of exquisite Dutch ceramics. 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