LATE PERIOD LOOSDRECHT (1782-1784) AND EARLY AMSTEL (1784-1786), MOSTLY MARKED M.O.L. WITH A STAR IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, SOME ALSO IMPRESSED M.O.L. WITH A STAR, IMPRESSED WITH VARIOUS NUMERALS, SOME MARKED AMSTEL IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE

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A very extensive Loosdrecht-Amstel floral dinner service
Late period Loosdrecht (1782-1784) and early Amstel (1784-1786), mostly marked M.O.L. with a star in underglaze blue, some also impressed M.O.L. with a star, impressed with various numerals, some marked Amstel in underglaze blue
Painted in colours and decorated with natural flower bouquets and small flower-sprays, the borders with rocailles and peigné motifs in slight relief, further enhanced in gilt, the edge with dentils, the tureens with branch handles, comprising:
- a large two-handled oval bombé tureen and domed cover en suite with acorn finial, 38cm. wide;
- a pair of two-handled oval bombé tureens and domed covers en suite with acorn finial, 28.5cm. wide;
- a pair of small two-handled oval bombé tureens and domed covers en suite with acorn finial, 22cm. wide;
- a spoon to the small tureen, 19cm. wide;
- four very small two-handled oval bombé tureens and domed covers en suite with acorn finial, 18cm. wide;
- a two-handled ice-cooler and cover, the cover with upright arcaded border and upright loop handle, 27cm. high;
- four sauce-boats with pointed spout and ear handle, 22cm. wide;
- a pair of gadrooned oval baskets with upright twisted rope handles, 14.8cm. wide;
- four single-handled cream-jugs and covers en suite with small acorn finial, 7.8cm. high;
- a single-handled mustard cup and cover en suite with small acorn finial, 7.8cm. high;
- a small spoon to the mustard cup, 9.5cm. wide;
- a pair of pedestal urn vases and covers in the neo-classical style, the handles modelled as aegricanes (ram's heads), on square pedestal base, the domed cover with spire finial, 24.7cm. high;
- four oval two-handled pierced ajour baskets, with intertwined handles, 24.5cm. wide;
- four circular two-handled pierced ajour baskets, with intertwined handles, 20cm. wide;
- four circular dishes with pierced ajour border, 26.2cm. diam.;
- four oval dishes with pierced ajour border, 29cm. wide;
- a pair of square bowls with canted corners, 21cm. wide;
- three rectangular side dishes, 26.3cm. wide;
- three rectangular side dishes, 24.7cm. wide;
- four oval tureen stand dishes, 29.5cm. wide;
- five oval chargers, 35cm. wide;
- four oval chargers in sizes, 38cm.-44cm. wide;
- three circular chargers in sizes, 23.3cm.-28.5cm. diam.;
- a circular charger, 32.5cm. diam.;
- six oval side dishes, 20.5cm. wide;
- an oval side dish, 24cm. wide;
- a pair of large circular chargers, 45cm. diam.;
- nine deep plates, 18.4cm. diam.;
- five deep plates, 20.5cm. diam.;
- four deep plates, 21cm. diam.;
- four deep plates, 21.5cm diam.;
- twenty deep dishes, 25.5cm. diam.;
- fifty-one dishes, 24.8cm.-25.4cm. diam.
(various old repairs, condition report on request) (168)

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Sale room notice

Please note that this service is sold without the two repaired spoons mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

See W.J. Rust, Nederlands Porselein (Amsterdam 1952), ill.26 for a similar floral dinner service in the possession of H.M. Queen Juliana in 1952.
E. Schrijver, Hollands Porselein (Bussum 1973), pl.16 for a similar floral dinner service in the possession of H.M. Queen Beatrix in 1973, in Huis ten Bosch, the Hague.
A. den Blaauwen, Loosdrechts Porselein 1774-1784 (Zwolle 1988), for an in depth discussion about the Loosdrecht factory.

After the death of dominee de Mol, director of the Loosdrecht factory, in 1782, the factory was dismantled. The Amstel factory was founded in 1784 using the Loosdrecht undecorated stock, the models, the forms etc. "Amstel porcelain was called Loosdrecht till the very end of the 18th Century", den Blaauwen dixit in op.cit. p.69.

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