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D8209. Blue And White Plaque

D8209. Blue and White Plaque

Delft, circa 1765 Painted with a washerwoman standing before a rock on which a youth stamps the water from a freshly washed cloth, beside them two cattle, three sheep and their dog wade near a low waterfall in a stream, another sheep recumbent behind them below an overgrown ruin in a hilly landscape; the reverse glazed. Dimensions Size: 34 x 46.5 cm. (13 3/8 x 18 5/16 in.)
D8252. Polychrome Chinoiserie Large Dish

D8252. Polychrome Chinoiserie Large Dish

Delft, circa 1740 Painted with a bird perched in a pine tree above two figures bearing vessels, standing in a pavilion and observing a Long Eliza holding a rabbit and standing beside a garden fence, precipitous rockwork and flowering plants on which are perched two birds, one of them eying a flitting insect, the rim with a green-ground floral and foliate border. Dimensions Diameter: 34.4 cm. (13 9/16 in.)
D2102. Blue And White Octagonal Sugar Caster

D2102. Blue and White Octagonal Sugar Caster

Delft, circa 1710 After a silver original, the pronounced baluster-form body painted on the front with a chinoiserie figure standing before pierced rocks and a garden fence amidst bamboo and flowering shrubbery, the reverse with a floral sprig, and the faceted foot with floral devices above a scalloped line, the integral tapering upper section pierced with small holes and variously shaped slits around pendent foliage between two horizontal ridges and surmounted by a blue conical knop, the underside pierced with a circular aperture for filling it with sugar. Dimensions Height: 16 cm. (6.3 in.)
D1928. Pair Of Blue And White Sauceboats

D1928. Pair of Blue and White Sauceboats

Delft, circa 1760 Each marked A / D / 12 and numbered 105 in blue, possibly for Jan Teunis Dextra, the owner of De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory from 1758 until 1764 Each with a bombé-shaped lobed oval body decorated with flower sprays beneath a border of scalework panels, blossoms, foliate scrolls and floral garlands around the blue-edged scalloped and barbed rim and large spout, the zoomorphic double-scroll handle and three rococo-scroll feet decorated in blue. Dimensions Heights: 15.8 cm. (6.2 in.) Lengths: 20.6 cm. (8.1 in.)
Setting The 17th And 18th-Century Table

Setting the 17th and 18th-Century Table

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries fine dining was an exceedingly important social ritual, and the accompanying accessories were reflective of the owner’s status. The well-laid table was the culmination…

D1915. Pair Of Blue And White Salt Cellars

D1915. Pair of Blue and White Salt Cellars

Delft, circa 1710 Each marked LVE 60 in blue for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, the owner of De Metaale Pot (The Metal Pot) factory from 1691 until 1721, or his widow Margaretha Teckmann until 1724 Each of waisted square shape, the circular well painted with a floral spray within a lightly molded rim painted with stylized leaves alternating with blue borders, and the high, domed foot decorated on each side with rocaillerie and floral motifs. Dimensions Heights: 6.4 cm. (2.5 in.)
Rising International Competition

Rising International Competition

From 1720 to 1750, the Delftware industry faced a number of difficulties that challenged the future of the market. The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) had serious consequences on…

Polychrome Sheep Tureen And Cover

Polychrome Sheep Tureen and Cover

In every newsletter we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show this polychrome sheep tureen and cover from circa 1770. Zoomorphic…

Delftware Birds

Delftware Birds

Birds occur frequently and for a variety of reasons in art, as symbols, decoration or objects of study. The symbolism of birds differs in different period and regions. Birds are…

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