CIRCA 1791 AND CIRCA 1775

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AN ARMORIAL BOWL; A SAUCE-BOAT AND STAND; AND A PLATE
Circa 1791 and circa 1775
The small bowl with the arms of Orange and Prussia in the interior, the exterior moulded with basketwork and the foliate rim with a gilt trellis-pattern band; a leaf-shaped sauce-boat and stand with the arms of Rode quartering Matthias, a wide band of moulded basketwork and narrower gilt and underglaze blue bands at the rims; and a plate, en suite, stand and plate with minor chips
bowl 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) diam.; stand 7 5/8 in. (19.2 cm.) wide; plate 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) diam. (3)

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Lot Essay

The bowl is from a service made for Prince William V of Orange (later to become King of the Netherlands) and his consort Princess Wilhemina of Prussia. Ulrich Galtherus Hemmingson (1741-99), a director of the Dutch East India Company, presented this service, comprising 1450 pieces, to the Prince in 1791, a fact borne out in a letter dated 22 July 1791 from Princess Wilhemina to her daughter, Louise. A large number of pieces from this service are exhibited at the Museum of the Dutch Royal Family at Palais Het Loo and the Palais Noordeinde in the Hague. Others are still in the possession of several members of the Royal Family, including H.R.H. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands.

For the arms of Rode quartering Matthias, see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p.596.

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