Lot Essay
The arms have not been identified. A very similar plate is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.338, fig.14.45.
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CIRCA 1740
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AN EXPORT ARMORIAL SOUP-PLATE WITH WAVY RIM
Circa 1740
Enamelled at the centre with a coat-of-arms, the shield depicting a naked man in a landscape within blue enamel leafy fronds surmounted by a helmet, below a band of grisaille cell-pattern reserved with iron-red prunus branch cartouches in the well and the border decorated en grisaille and gilt with formal strapwork, stylised panels and peacocks below the wavy rim, underside rim chips
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.
Circa 1740
Enamelled at the centre with a coat-of-arms, the shield depicting a naked man in a landscape within blue enamel leafy fronds surmounted by a helmet, below a band of grisaille cell-pattern reserved with iron-red prunus branch cartouches in the well and the border decorated en grisaille and gilt with formal strapwork, stylised panels and peacocks below the wavy rim, underside rim chips
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Paul Brandt N.V., Amsterdam, 28 November-1 December 1978, lot 257 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-63).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-63).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.