A PAIR OF ARMORIAL WINE COOLERS

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A PAIR OF ARMORIAL WINE COOLERS
CIRCA 1769

Each 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, scattered famille rose flower sprigs below, the handles striped in iron-red and gilt (one with a tiny rim chip, the other with a long crack and glaze cracks base)--6 3/8in. (16cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Another pair of coolers from this service is illustrated by A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 282, where the author refers to the Marieberg faience origin of this rococo shape.