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Lot Essay
Cornelis Ouderogge (1599-1672) and his brother Dirk (after 1600-1649) continued the Rotterdam foundry of their father Jan Cornelisz. Ouderogge (1573/4-1625) after his death, producing cannon and church bells. The foundry cast both salute cannon and large cannon for military use, the latter were placed on the ships of the admirality and on town walls; some of the cannon were still in use during the 19th Century to defend the walls of the city of Rotterdam.
Typical decorative elements for Ouderogge which can be seen on the present lot are the pineaple bosses issuing from a pentagonal acanthus terminal on a punched ground and the dolphin handles on small punched feet. A virtually identical cannon with different cartouche and signed C.OVDEROGGE.FECIT ROTTERDAM is in Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
A pair of closely related cannon by Ouderogge was sold Christie's Amsterdam, The collection of Mrs. Elias-Vaes, Amsterdam April 2010, sale 2857, lot 380; And another pair of cannon with almost identical decoration as the present lot was sold Christie's Amsterdam, Decorative Arts Sale September 2010, sale 2855, lot 98.
Typical decorative elements for Ouderogge which can be seen on the present lot are the pineaple bosses issuing from a pentagonal acanthus terminal on a punched ground and the dolphin handles on small punched feet. A virtually identical cannon with different cartouche and signed C.OVDEROGGE.FECIT ROTTERDAM is in Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
A pair of closely related cannon by Ouderogge was sold Christie's Amsterdam, The collection of Mrs. Elias-Vaes, Amsterdam April 2010, sale 2857, lot 380; And another pair of cannon with almost identical decoration as the present lot was sold Christie's Amsterdam, Decorative Arts Sale September 2010, sale 2855, lot 98.