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