A PAIR OF DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL CHARGERS

CIRCA 1735

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A PAIR OF DUTCH MARKET ARMORIAL CHARGERS
CIRCA 1735
Each boldly painted in the center with a large Valckenier coat-of-arms beneath the shaded purplish falcon crest, the rims with iron-red and gilt sprays of prunus, peony, lily and dianthus clustered with a feather fan
14 in. (35.6 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Several members of the influential Valckenier family of Amsterdam were senior in the Dutch East India Company and ordered armorial porcelain, the leading example being Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Indies 1737-41. See C.J.A. Jörg, op. cit., p. 303

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