A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SILVERMOUNTED BALUSTER JUG, painted with three very large panels enclosing birds perched on branches alternating foliage, the base ring with a lozenge band, the loop handle with scrolls, the handle mounted and connected with a double acorn thumbpiece to the domed cover engraved with a wreath, 1685-1725, the silver later and possibly Ghent
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A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SILVERMOUNTED BALUSTER JUG, painted with three very large panels enclosing birds perched on branches alternating foliage, the base ring with a lozenge band, the loop handle with scrolls, the handle mounted and connected with a double acorn thumbpiece to the domed cover engraved with a wreath, 1685-1725, the silver later and possibly Ghent
24 cm high
Provenance
Collection J. Willebeek Lemair, Delft, Sale F. Muller, Amsterdam, 8 Nov. 1941, lot 465
Lot Essay
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