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FIVE DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE DISHES
THE FIRST TWO CIRCA 1700, BLUE 'D/Z' OR '2' MARK PERHAPS FOR DE DISSEL AND '* 14' MARK FOR DE WITTE STARRE RESPECTIVELY; THE OTHERS MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY IN DATE, BLUE CLAW AND '120' OR '330/2' MARKS FOR DE PORCELEYNE CLAEUW TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH; BLUE STAR MARK PROBABLY FOR DE WITTE STARRE TO THE FIFTH
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FIVE DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHINOISERIE DISHES
THE FIRST TWO CIRCA 1700, BLUE 'D/Z' OR '2' MARK PERHAPS FOR DE DISSEL AND '* 14' MARK FOR DE WITTE STARRE RESPECTIVELY; THE OTHERS MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY IN DATE, BLUE CLAW AND '120' OR '330/2' MARKS FOR DE PORCELEYNE CLAEUW TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH; BLUE STAR MARK PROBABLY FOR DE WITTE STARRE TO THE FIFTH
Two painted in the 'Insect on a Rock' pattern, the border with 'Precious Objects' either within radiating lappets and a red line rim or within medallions, the underside with a band of leaf and star decoration; two painted in the 'Bird on a Rock' pattern, the border of one with concentric bands of stylized flowers within a yellow line rim, that of the other with concentric bands of peacock feathers and scrolling flowers within a shaped rim; the fifth a pancake plate painted with a bird hovering above flowering plants, the ribbed border with alternate lappets of geometric patterns and of a single flower, the underside with concentric blue bands
12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter, the largest (5)
THE FIRST TWO CIRCA 1700, BLUE 'D/Z' OR '2' MARK PERHAPS FOR DE DISSEL AND '* 14' MARK FOR DE WITTE STARRE RESPECTIVELY; THE OTHERS MID TO LATE 18TH CENTURY IN DATE, BLUE CLAW AND '120' OR '330/2' MARKS FOR DE PORCELEYNE CLAEUW TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH; BLUE STAR MARK PROBABLY FOR DE WITTE STARRE TO THE FIFTH
Two painted in the 'Insect on a Rock' pattern, the border with 'Precious Objects' either within radiating lappets and a red line rim or within medallions, the underside with a band of leaf and star decoration; two painted in the 'Bird on a Rock' pattern, the border of one with concentric bands of stylized flowers within a yellow line rim, that of the other with concentric bands of peacock feathers and scrolling flowers within a shaped rim; the fifth a pancake plate painted with a bird hovering above flowering plants, the ribbed border with alternate lappets of geometric patterns and of a single flower, the underside with concentric blue bands
12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter, the largest (5)
Literature
See D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Delft: Niederländische Fayence, Munich, 1984, fig. 289 for a dish in the Gemeentelijk Museum painted with a variation of the 'Bird on Rock' pattern similar to the present example.