A SET OF SIX DUTCH DELFT DORE SPICE OR PICKLE DISHES

CIRCA 1740

细节

A SET OF SIX DUTCH DELFT DORE SPICE OR PICKLE DISHES
CIRCA 1740
Each painted in bright enamels on a white ground with travellers and merchants in a European landscape centered by a tall tree, reserved within a purple and iron-red border of striated cartouches and foliate decoration, the underside with trailing iron-red and bright yellow flowering vines, gilt line rim
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) long, each heart (6)

拍品专文

Delft doré is the term used to describe Dutch delft wares produced in the 18th century that were enriched in gilt, a luxurious treatment not generally afforded humble tin-glazed earthenware. These pieces, distinguished by the use of low fired or petit feu colors fired in a muffle kiln and enriched in gilt, were made in an attempt to compete with the burgeoning European porcelain market. The present heart-shaped dishes are finely painted with the same views of travellers in landscapes or 'Kauffahrteiszenen' scenes found on Meissen porcelain of the same date or slightly earlier. Another set, painted with the identical scenes but with variant border decoration, is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam [Boreel, fig. 52].