Every month we present a special object from the Aronson Antiquairs’ collection. This month we would like to show you this pair of polychrome pike tureens, which is marked for Petrus van Marum, the owner of De Romeyn (The Roman) factory from 1754 to 1764. In the middle of the eighteenth century, Delft potters quickly accommodated the new tastes of the nobility and the wealthy bourgeoisie for adorning their tables with brightly colored fruits and vegetables, and zoomorphic objects. Fine dining was an exceedingly important social ritual, and the accompanying accessories were reflective of the owner’s status. The table was the setting for spectacle, in both the cuisine and the extraordinary objects. Delft potteries produced small, trompe l’oeil tureens, which functioned as serving wares and decorated the table. Tureens in the form of fish, surmounted by little eels and pike were particularly popular in the Netherlands and were generally used…