1776-1790, BLUE STORK MARK TO UNGLAZED BASE, IMPRESSED 3

Details

A The Hague-decorated Ansbach neoclassical nécessaire à écrire
1776-1790, BLUE STORK MARK TO UNGLAZED BASE, IMPRESSED 3
The desk set with a rectangular body surmounted by a two-handled urn flanked by a sander and an inkwell and cover, the front with a pen or quill box, painted with flower bouquets and flower garlands, enhanced in gilding (one handle urn and finial restored, small chips to sander)
20 cm. high (5)

Provenance

The I.S. de Vries Collection of Dutch Porcelain; Christie's, Amsterdam, 6 November 1990, lot 237.

Literature

Schrijver, 1973, ill.13.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

See Scholten, 2000, p.108 for a description of the four Ansbach models of desk sets decorated in The Hague, in which the author mentions this luxury version of which only one surviving object is known, displayed on the exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague in 1965. See Jansen, 1965, p.22, cat. no.42, form no.69, on loan from Mr. I.S. de Vries, Amsterdam. This is the desk set currently in the Buisman collection.

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