Lot Essay
Dutch Delft 'Bleu Persan' is rather lighter in colour than that used in Nevers, furthermore the Delft painting is generally sharper and thinner in application.
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CIRCA 1700, PROBABLY DE PAEUW
Details
A Dutch Delft 'Bleu Persan' pewter-mounted jug
Circa 1700, probably de Paeuw
After Nevers faïence Bleu Persan examples, the dark blue baluster body enhanced in "fixed white" with freely handled floral decoration, some parts enhanced in yellow, the neck with scrolls, the domed pewter cover connected with a shell thumbpiece to the hatched handle
21,7cm high
See illustration
Circa 1700, probably de Paeuw
After Nevers faïence Bleu Persan examples, the dark blue baluster body enhanced in "fixed white" with freely handled floral decoration, some parts enhanced in yellow, the neck with scrolls, the domed pewter cover connected with a shell thumbpiece to the hatched handle
21,7cm high
See illustration
Exhibited
Exposition d'Art Ancien in the Musée Municipal, Cambrai, France, 1926 nr.RCB IX
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