A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DATED RECTANGULAR TEACADDIES WITH COVERS, EMBLEMATIC FOR THE FOUR ELEMENTS, decorated with panels surrounded by scrolling foliage and cherubs, one teacaddy with shaped panels reserved to the front with a putto seated on a cloud upholding a bird (peacock?), a village below, inscribed lugt, the reverse depicting Vulcan with a hammer in his hand welding iron beside a forge, inscribed vuër, one side depicting a nobleman holding a document and standing beside a monkey with a vase, inscribed Bewind hebber, the other side with a nobleman holding a balance and a document, standing on a mound, a village to the background, inscribed't Geld quëm tot ons met Schappen en t geroep van 't graaven bracht gewin, the other teacaddy with rectangular panels reserved to the front with a seated putto at the base of a tree, pouring water from an urn, a village to the background, inscribed WAATER, the reverse with a seated putto with a cornucopia at the base of a tree, a village to the background, inscribed AARDE, one side depicting an angler on a riverbank, holding a fishing-rod, beside a nereid with a mirror, inscribed 't Begin en end eve on Bekent, the other side with a gallant man holding a banner and a document (covers extensively restored, the corners repaired), inscribed to the base with IVH above 1723 for Johannes Verhagen? de Paeuw, 1723 17 cm high See illustration (2)