A PAIR OF DUTCH MARKET EGGSHELL PORCELAIN SOUP PLATES
A PAIR OF DUTCH MARKET EGGSHELL PORCELAIN SOUP PLATES

CIRCA 1730

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A PAIR OF DUTCH MARKET EGGSHELL PORCELAIN SOUP PLATES
CIRCA 1730
Each finely painted in the center with the arms of van Hardenbroeck of Utrecht within double silver rope border, the rim decorated with tree shrews, birds, butterflies and blossoms against a grisaille keyfret ground
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diameter (2)

Lot Essay

Jan Louis van Hardenbroek, born 1691, became a Navy captain and married Johanna Charlotte van Renesse van Lockhorst in 1718.
Other examples of this service have been in the collections of Florence Gould (sold Sotheby's Monaco, 27 June 1984, lot 1356), Baronne Pangaert d'Opdorp (sold Sotheby's London, 27 February 1973, lot 288), Francois and Nicole Hervouet (sold Sotheby's New York, 23 October 1992, lot 149), and anonymous (sold Christie's New York, 21 January 1999, lot 18.

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