CIRCA 1740

Details

A rare Dutch Delft blue and white covered warm water kettle and comport
Circa 1740
(Warm water ketel en komfoor) after a metal model, the bulbous flattened body decorated with blossoming chrysanthemum branches issuing from ponds alternating birds perched on a reeded hedge, the neck with elaborate scrollwork upholding swags, the curvaceous spout with elongated stylised panels, with dark blue upright handle, the domed cover en suite with spire finial, the tripod comport or stove en suite applied with three dark blue snake-type handles, the flaring upper part with floral motifs, the lower part pierced with triangular arcades
29 cm. high
See illustration

Provenance

The late Mrs. A.C.T. Tempel-Zwartsenberg.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

See H.P. Fourest, Delftware, Fribourg, 1980, p. 88, ill.78.
D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Delft, München, 1984, p.218, ill.103.

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