THE HISTORY OF THE STEVENGRAPHS (SILK PICTURES) Stevengraphs are pictures woven from silk, originally created by Thomas Stevens in the 19th century. Thomas Stevens, a...
PRINCE HENDRIK AND THE FERRY BOAT S S BERLIN In the early hours of the morning of the 21st February 1907 the ferry Berlin, travelling...
THE HISTORY OF COMMEMORATIVE TEXTILES It is a tradition to make printed textiles to celebrate Royal events. Usually cotton handkerchiefs or flags with the portrait...
ROYAL SCHOOL TINS What are school tins? Well they are typically Dutch! In the late 19th and early 20th century school children did not have...
Royal commemoratives BY THE ST LUKAS POTTERY The pottery St Lukas was founded by two brothers-in-law in Utrecht in 1909. In the beginning they made...
THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM The Belgians and the Dutch were united under King Willem I for 15 years but the Belgian elite find the Dutch...
WILLEM OF ORANGE Willem of Orange was a ambitious nobleman and rebel who later became known as the father of the fatherland and founder...
THE ROYAL PALACE ,DAM SQUARE, AMSTERDAM. As the economy of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century was growing quickly thus the old city hall proved...
WILHELMINA OF PRUSSIA (1774-1837) Wilhelmina Princess of PRUSSIA was born in Potsdam in 1774, by her marriage on 1-10-1791 to William Frederick, Prince of Orange...
THE DUTCH REGALIA The crown The crown symbolizes the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The crown also symbolizes the dignity of the head...
