EARLY 18TH CENTURY, MARKED R FOR DE ROOS

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A set of four Dutch Delft blue and white pastoral pancake dishes
Early 18th century, marked R for De Roos
Minutely painted in various hues of blue, depicting wayfarers at various pursuits, in hilly forested landscapes with faraway backgrounds
22.8cm. diam.
See illustration (4)

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Lot Essay

Cf. B. Tietzel, Fayence I, Kunstgewerbemuseum Köln (Köln 1980), p.140 ill.33 for a similar dish marked for De Witte Starre.

Dammas Hofwyck was director of De Roos as well as De Witte Starre. These dishes belong to a group of Frytom-related landscape objects. Their compositions were often inspired by engravings by Lucas van Leyden and Goltzius.

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