An armorial tureen, cover and stand for the Dutch Market

CIRCA 1752

Details

An armorial tureen, cover and stand for the Dutch Market
Circa 1752
Enamelled with an accolle coat-of-arms surmounted by a coronet, and surrounded by a shell-motif between foliage, all within small lappet and spearhead borders in gilt outlined with sepia, the sides of the tureen moulded with ruyi handles, the domed cover surmounted by an iron-red and gilt bud finial between two pink flower-sprays
the stand 39.5 cm. wide (2)

Literature

C.J.A. Jrg and J. van Campen, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 309, pl. 364.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Dutch families De Famars from Amsterdam and Vriesen from Zwolle. It is likely that that this service was commissioned for the occasion of the wedding between Johan Wilhelm de Famars and Mechteld Johanna Geertruid Vriesen in 1752. De Famars last post in the army was Lieutenant General of the cavalry from 1767 till 1798.

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