In the past period, we have been searching for friends of Heinz Keijser, among them the Braunsberg family, the owners of the small silver doll rattle Heinz Keijser bought in 1947 and which marked the beginning of his life as a collector. In 1951 he gave it as a birth present to Suzanne Braunsberg. Thanks to the help of the Association of Jewish Refugees in Londen, we are now in contact with Hannelore and her daughter Suzanne Braunsberg, who still owns the precious little rattle.

The work on the technical renewal of the website of the Keijser Foundation is in full swing. Many new treasures from the Keijser collection have since been added to the database and photographed and will be on display on the updated website from the end of August 2019 onward.

This baby's rattle with teether was found in a dwell in Jamestown, where a group of English colonist settled in the early 17th century. For more information and a video of the conservation of the rattle, click on this link.

During excavations by the archeology department of the Ankara University in the former trading colony of Kültepe Kani?-Karum (Anatolia), a rattle was excavated that dates from around 4,000 years before the era.

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The very idea of pomegranate carpet expresses a longing for the mythical original garden. A garden is the fantastic place in which to contemplate beauty and the mysteries of nature. A magic place, a safe haven, where man by tending flowers, plants and trees, nurtures the most intimate and delicate part of his being: a garden is a place of the soul.

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The Silvermuseum Sterckhof (Antwerp area) organised the coral and bells "Klatergoud en zilveren bellen" exhibition in 2009-2010 and published an impressive catalog. [see more information under research-publications]

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In the digital archive of the Ladenburger Spielzeugauktion are 171 silver baby rattles, which were auctioned in 2007. To see the auction click on this link