CIRCA 1780, MARKED WITH A STORK IN OVERGLAZE GREY

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A pair of the Hague decorated Tournai porcelain landscape creampots and covers
Circa 1780, marked with a stork in overglaze grey
The bulging body painted in colours with Dutch landscape scenes in the surroundings of the Hague, with loop handle, the domed cover en suite with three gilt rocaille cartouches enclosing blue flowersprays, with flowerbud finial
8cm high
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Lot Essay

Cf. B. Jansen, Haags Porselein in Haags Gemeentemuseum (the Hague 1965), ill.27-28 cat.100 for similarly decorated objects from the extensive dinner service belonging to H.R.H.the Queen of the Netherlands.
H.E. van Gelder in Vrienden van de Nederlandse Ceramiek (april 1960), pp 1-10 and ill.

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