Lot Essay
See The Jean and Kenneth Chorley Collection, Christie's New York, 25 January 1993, lot 3 for a plate also dated 1698 and decorated with an almost identical cartouche.
DATED 1698, 1699, 1701, 1702 AND INITIALED RESPECTIVELY MB, SHS, DG*E, AWE
Details
FOUR DUTCH DELFT MARRIAGE PLATES
Dated 1698, 1699, 1701, 1702 and initialed respectively MB, SHS, DG*E, AWE
Each painted in blue on white glaze with a baroque cartouche enclosing initials and a date
10½in. (26.6cm.) diam., the largest (4)
Dated 1698, 1699, 1701, 1702 and initialed respectively MB, SHS, DG*E, AWE
Each painted in blue on white glaze with a baroque cartouche enclosing initials and a date
10½in. (26.6cm.) diam., the largest (4)
Provenance
F.H. Garner Collection, no. 43 (the plate dated 1699)
With Ginsburg & Levy, New York, 1964 (for the plate dated 1701) and 1966 (for the plate dated 1699)
With Stockwell, 1975 (the plate dated 1698)
With Ginsburg & Levy, New York, 1964 (for the plate dated 1701) and 1966 (for the plate dated 1699)
With Stockwell, 1975 (the plate dated 1698)