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CIRCA 1765, BLUE 5 TO THE COVER
Details
A DUTCH DELFT (DE TWEE SCHEEPJES) BUTTER BOX AND COVER
Circa 1765, blue 5 to the cover
The cover modelled as a duck with manganese beak and manganese, green, blue and yellow plummage, the box moulded with a trailing flowering vine and painted in iron-red, blue, yellow and manganese on the white ground
5in. (12.7cm.) high
Circa 1765, blue 5 to the cover
The cover modelled as a duck with manganese beak and manganese, green, blue and yellow plummage, the box moulded with a trailing flowering vine and painted in iron-red, blue, yellow and manganese on the white ground
5in. (12.7cm.) high
Provenance
With Jacob Stodel, London
Sale room notice
Please note that the top of lot 290 was illustrated in the catalogue on the bottom of lot 287. The descriptions were similarly combined. The duck cover belongs on the white-ground bottom. The cover has a blue 5 and the bottom is unmarked.