Lot Essay
Another pair of coolers from this service is illustrated by du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 282, where he discusses the Marieberg faience origin of this rococo shape.
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A PAIR OF ARMORIAL WINE COOLERS
CIRCA 1769
Painted with the arms of Arnoldus Adrianus van Tets accollée with those of Wilhelmina Jacoba Hartingh flanked by small cartouches of gilt cyphers and European figures, the handles striped in iron-red and gilt (one with long crack and iron-red drips below handle, the other with tiny rim chip)--6 3/8in. (16cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1769
Painted with the arms of Arnoldus Adrianus van Tets accollée with those of Wilhelmina Jacoba Hartingh flanked by small cartouches of gilt cyphers and European figures, the handles striped in iron-red and gilt (one with long crack and iron-red drips below handle, the other with tiny rim chip)--6 3/8in. (16cm.) high (2)