THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT FIGURAL GIN BARRELS, OR FOUNTAIN JUGS AN COVERS (bobbejakken), painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief as a peasant couple; a portly peasant woman and her male companion, she wearing; a yellow sunhat above her fluffy face, her shoulders covered with a blue scarf, a bodice scattered with flowers, her right arm covering her breasts, a wide apron covering her fat belly, with red slippers, seated on brickwork base applied with a leafy gnarled branch handle, with a metal spigot under her apron, the cover en suite to the hat, he wearing; a green round hat, above his fluffy face, with a tied scarf around his neck, with a jacket scattered with flowers, covering a chequered shirt, with a sash around his belly, with yellow breeches, with yellow beribboned manganese-red shoes, seated on brickwork base applied with a leafy gnarled branch handle, with a metal spigot under his belly, the cover en suite to the hat (the female peasant restored), probably de porceleyne Klaauw, circa 1750 (in very large fitted étui) circa 30 cm high

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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT FIGURAL GIN BARRELS, OR FOUNTAIN JUGS AN COVERS (bobbejakken), painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief as a peasant couple; a portly peasant woman and her male companion, she wearing; a yellow sunhat above her fluffy face, her shoulders covered with a blue scarf, a bodice scattered with flowers, her right arm covering her breasts, a wide apron covering her fat belly, with red slippers, seated on brickwork base applied with a leafy gnarled branch handle, with a metal spigot under her apron, the cover en suite to the hat, he wearing; a green round hat, above his fluffy face, with a tied scarf around his neck, with a jacket scattered with flowers, covering a chequered shirt, with a sash around his belly, with yellow breeches, with yellow beribboned manganese-red shoes, seated on brickwork base applied with a leafy gnarled branch handle, with a metal spigot under his belly, the cover en suite to the hat (the female peasant restored), probably de porceleyne Klaauw, circa 1750 (in very large fitted étui)
circa 30 cm high
Provenance
Collection colonel W.P. Hippisley, Britain
Collection Voûte, Amsterdam
Collection Vecht, Amsterdam

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