A Dutch Delft orangist dish

CIRCA 1788

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A Dutch Delft orangist dish
Circa 1788
Decorated in colours with a propaganda pamphlet in favour of Prince Willem V of Orange inscribed; De Vorst is nu weer hersteld in zijn eer (The sovereign has been re-established again in his honour) underneath a neoclassical urn filled with an orange tree and flanked by the initials VVOR (Vivat Oranje) within a yellow ring, the border with meandering orange branches
23cm. (9 in.) diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Oranje op aardewerk (Lochem 1994), p. 96, ill. 101 in the Museum Flehite, Amersfoort

See illustration on page 77

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