A DELFT DORE PIPESLEIGH, (pijpesleetje), naturalistically modelled in relief and painted in colours, outlined in purple, with various Dutch winterscenes; the convex front with a couple skating, the left side with a merry company of five skating, a horse behind them, the right side with a merry company of four toasting at a table beside a tent, a gentleman pushing a child on a sleigh, the inside with a seat reserved with a trompe l'oeil cushion, the base with skates, (some damages to extremities skates, pieces kept inside), early 18th Century
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A DELFT DORE PIPESLEIGH, (pijpesleetje), naturalistically modelled in relief and painted in colours, outlined in purple, with various Dutch winterscenes; the convex front with a couple skating, the left side with a merry company of five skating, a horse behind them, the right side with a merry company of four toasting at a table beside a tent, a gentleman pushing a child on a sleigh, the inside with a seat reserved with a trompe l'oeil cushion, the base with skates, (some damages to extremities skates, pieces kept inside), early 18th Century
circa 12.5 cm wide
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