The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Esdra, Haye		printer-friendly view
Inventory #	522
Archive	Gemeentearchief Amsterdam
Call Number	film 127, fol. 334 and foll.
Date	1623/05/03
City	Amsterdam
Country	Nederland
Type	Notarial
Purpose	inventory of goods owned in common taken after the death of Lysbet Joosten.
Family Name	Esdra
Owner Name	Esdra, Haye
Owner Notes	goods owned in common with his late wife Lysbet Joosten
Life Dates	1594 |d aft. 1650
Marriage Date	1623/05/03
Type of Ceremony	K
Occupation	Craft |a Porcelain, faience
Residence	Amsterdam
Introduction	Inventaris van de meublen ende huysraet bevonden ten huyse van Haye Esdra ...tusschen hem ende sijn overleden huysvrou Lysbet Joosten int gemeen is geweest ... getaxeert ende gepriseert by Barbara Jacobs ende Aeltgen Claesen taxeersters binnen deser stede ten prijse als volcht. Postscript: Aldus geinventariseert ende beschreven by my Jacob Zwieten ... ten overstaen van Cornelis Pelt ende Zacharias Roode bloetverwanten van Lysbet Joosten.
Commentary	On 10 June 1623, Haije Esdra, from Embden, betielbacker (platielbacker, faiencier), widower of Lysbeth Joosten, living on the Lindengracht, was betrothed to Aeltje Hendricx, 22, living on the Oude Cingel (DTB 428/55). On 25 December 1629, Heije Esdra and Aeltje Hendricx had their son Hendrick baptized in the O.K. in the presence of Hendrick Woutersz. and Femmetje Jans (DTB 6/260). Hendrick Woutersz. was (or became) an important stone or brick dealer who bought large quantities of baked hearth stones (bricks) from the brick cartel operating in Leiden and Rijnlant in 1659-1660 (Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek 2(1916), pp.229-260). In 1623, Esdra owned a house evaluated (by taxatie) at 3,000 f. He had debts amounting to 808 f. including 100 f. owed to Mary Symonsdr. On 30 January 1646, Haye Esdras, stone dealer, 50, declared at the request of a master carpenter that he had brought all sorts of steentjes to the house of David Rutgers (of R 37186). The steentjes were probably glazed tiles (NA 1079, fol. 192, Not. J. van de Ven). On 3 October 1650, Haye Esdre, 56, a master in 't plateel- ende schotelbacken for 25 years, Jan Ides, 52, 38 years in the trade and for 17 years a master, and Hendrick Matthijsz., 26, 15 years in the trade and 2 years a master, declared at the request of Willem Jansz. Verstraten, faiencier in Haarlem, that had seen two platters with a kop on each, with a coat-of-arms. They asserted that the platters could not be considered as a porcelain painting and that they had never painted or caused to be painted such a decoration, which must be considered a new invention. Verstraten, originally named de la Rue, was an important faien ier in Delft before he removed to Haarlem (Van Dillen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van het bedrijfsleven R.G.P., 144(1974), pp. 563-4).
Notary	Jacob Zwieten
Appraiser	Barbara Jacobs and Aeltge Claesen
Total Value	993 |d 3 stuivers
Art Value	42 |d 10 stuivers
# of Items	32
Montias1 #	428