Lot Essay
For a pair of very similar plaques in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, see Claude Frégnac, La Faïence Européenne, Fribourg, 1976, p. 227, no. 319.
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CIRCA 1760
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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME SCROLL-MOULDED PLAQUES
CIRCA 1760
Each of shaped outline, painted with a shepherd, shepherdess and a child in landscapes, one scene with a boy playing bagpipes, the other with a flock of sheep, within raised frames moulded with shells and scrolls enriched in a bright palette, later adapted with brass arms and candle-nozzles above drip-pans (both drilled for suspension, slight flaking and minor chipping to extremities)
14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1760
Each of shaped outline, painted with a shepherd, shepherdess and a child in landscapes, one scene with a boy playing bagpipes, the other with a flock of sheep, within raised frames moulded with shells and scrolls enriched in a bright palette, later adapted with brass arms and candle-nozzles above drip-pans (both drilled for suspension, slight flaking and minor chipping to extremities)
14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Archibald Stirling of Keir, Keir House, Dunblane and Morar Lodge, Invernesshire, sold Christie's house sale, 22-23 May 1995, lot 963.
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