AN AMERICAN MARKET INITIALLED PART DINNER SERVICE

CIRCA 1785

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AN AMERICAN MARKET INITIALLED PART DINNER SERVICE
CIRCA 1785
Each piece with the initials of Dirck Ten Broeck and his wife, Cornelia Stuyvesant, a script gilt C over entwined DTB, within an oval cartouche suspended from a green, iron-red and gilt ribbon, within pink trellis rims, comprising:
Two large shaped octagonal platters, 17¾ in. (45.3 cm.) wide
Six octagonal dinner plates, 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide
Five side plates, 6½ in. (16.4 cm.) wide
Two small shallow bowls, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) wide (15)

Lot Essay

The Ten Broecks were a prominent Albany family for three generations and one of the earliest American-Dutch alliances. Dirck Ten Broeck, named after his 17th century Indian trader ancestor, married Miss Stuyvesant, daughter of Petrus Stuyvesant and Margaret Livingston, in 1785. He practiced law, served in the New York Assembly, and became Speaker of the House. A small platter from this service is in the Albany Institute of History and Art and was published by D.S. Howard in New York and the China Trade, p. 77.

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