a pair of dutch delft tile panels

CIRCA 1800, AMSTERDAM, ONE SIGNED G:D:GRAAF, THE OTHER SIGNED G:D:GRAAF FIST

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a pair of dutch delft tile panels
Circa 1800, Amsterdam, one signed G:D:Graaf, the other signed G:D:Graaf fist
Decorated in manganese, with the interior of a bakery, one depicting a room with several people behind a long table; a woman with scales, a man preparing dough and a woman kneading dough with a man standing by, set before a large hearth with a kettle above a fire and an oven on the left, above the hearth are utensils and two similar interior scenes, surrounded by scrolls and flanked by floral garlands; the other depicting a room with a man working at a table on the left and a man working at a table set before a window on the right, in the centre is a woman with a baking sheet before a window with an oven on her left, surrounded by scrolls and flanked by floral garlands
The first 4 x 10 tiles, 51cm. x 128.5cm., the second 4 x 10 tiles, 51cm. x 128.5cm. (2)

Lot Essay

Little is known about the maker, G.D. de Graaf. He worked with a faience and tile factory in Amsterdam during the last quarter of the 18th Century. Several of his tilepanels, tiles and decorative Delftware are known, partly signed and dated (J. Pluis, Bijbeltegels, Bijbelse voorstellingen op Nederlandse wandtegels van de 17e tot de 20e eeuw, Mnster 1994, p. 20).

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