D1607. Pair of Blue and White Fan-Shaped Sweetmeat Dishes

Delft, circa 1690

Each marked / D PAUW 2 in blue for De Paauw (The Peacock) Factory

Each painted with a crane standing beside a pierced rock beneath a tall flowering peony plant and leafy stems, the narrow rim with a pointed top and a bracket shaped lower edge, each bordered with a stylized flowering leafy vine.

Lengths: 18.3 and 18.5 cm. (7 3/16 and 7 1/4 in.)