INDISTICTLY MARKED PVDB MOST PROBABLY FOR PIETER VAN DEN BRIEL AT 'T FORTUYN, CIRCA 1760

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A Dutch Delft blue and white figural gin bottle or 'bobbejak'
INDISTICTLY MARKED PVDB MOST PROBABLY FOR PIETER VAN DEN BRIEL AT 'T FORTUYN, CIRCA 1760
Naturalistically modelled as a young chap seated astride a barrel, wearing a buttoned coat and holding a flask and a goblet, the barrel inscribed AB S N2 and fitted with a faucet consisting of a campana-shaped handle above an animal spout, on marbled quadruped square base (without cover)
34.5 cm. high

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Descriptif du lot

The inscription on the barrel probably indicates the cryptical abbreviation of absinth, a fearce and lethal spirit from bygone days. This model was copied in Japanese porcelain after Delft originals.

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