Lot 75
75
A RARE GRISAILLE, ENAMELLED AND GILT 'TABLE MOUNTAIN' PLATE
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A RARE GRISAILLE, ENAMELLED AND GILT 'TABLE MOUNTAIN' PLATE

CIRCA 1740-50

Details
A RARE GRISAILLE, ENAMELLED AND GILT 'TABLE MOUNTAIN' PLATE
CIRCA 1740-50
Decorated at the centre primarily en grisaille with two ships with enamelled Dutch flags and a smaller vessel sailing into Capetown Harbour with Table Mountain, Devil's Peak and Signal Hill in the distance, below a grisaille and gilt du Paquier-style border, minor rim chips
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Purchased from Charles Perry.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Several versions of this scene were made between circa 1740 and 1770. See Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, pp. 38 and 39, figs. 2.5-2.10 for examples; fig. 2.6 is very similar to the present lot.

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