A DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1735

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A DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE
Circa 1735
The center with a large coat-of-arms of Valckenier of Amsterdam with shaded pink falcon crest, an inner border of grapevine on the well and the rim showing three finely painted grisaille views of European towns and the crest repeated in landscape
9.1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A number of Valckenier family members were involved with the Dutch East India Company and ordered armorial porcelain, including Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Indies 1737-41. See C.J.A. Jorg, op. cit., p. 303.