Lot 21
21
A DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE
A DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1745

Details
A DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE
Circa 1745
Enamelled in the center with the arms of the Snoek family of Amsterdam in a distinctive powder blue with gilt and sepia details, the scalloped rim with an elaborate rocaillerie border of shaded shells and lattice
9in. (23.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Very few export patterns used this elegant border, notably the underglaze blue Dutch market tea cultivation series and the famille rose Pignatelli armorial service. See D.S. Howard and J.S. Ayers, op. cit., no. 393.