Lot Essay
The painter Christian Zepp, who worked occasionally for the Loosdrecht factory and later for the Amstel factory, lived in Maarssen, near Utrecht. See den Blaauwen, 1988, p.301 for a signed example by Zepp.
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CIRCA 1785, BLUE AMSTEL MARK, INCISED L3 ABOVE O, THE PAINTING POSSIBLY BY CHRISTIAN ZEPP
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An Amstel topographical slop-bowl
CIRCA 1785, BLUE AMSTEL MARK, INCISED L3 ABOVE O, THE PAINTING POSSIBLY BY CHRISTIAN ZEPP
Finely painted with a view of Maarssen on the Vecht, further with flower sprays, the underside inscribed 't dorp Maarsen
22.2 cm. diam.
CIRCA 1785, BLUE AMSTEL MARK, INCISED L3 ABOVE O, THE PAINTING POSSIBLY BY CHRISTIAN ZEPP
Finely painted with a view of Maarssen on the Vecht, further with flower sprays, the underside inscribed 't dorp Maarsen
22.2 cm. diam.
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