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Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., illustrate a very similar dish, p. 365, alongside an earlier example with the date '1700' on its ship's stern
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A PAIR OF DUTCH-DECORATED SHIPPING DISHES
CIRCA 1725
Each finely painted in vivid European colours with a three-masted gaff-rigged ship at full sail on a turquoise sea flying the Dutch colours, a skiff alongside also with a Dutch flag, one ship with a gilt bird on its stern and the other with a fleur-de-lys (one with rim line)--8¼in. (21cm.) (2)
CIRCA 1725
Each finely painted in vivid European colours with a three-masted gaff-rigged ship at full sail on a turquoise sea flying the Dutch colours, a skiff alongside also with a Dutch flag, one ship with a gilt bird on its stern and the other with a fleur-de-lys (one with rim line)--8¼in. (21cm.) (2)