A LARGE ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1735-40

Details

A LARGE ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1735-40
The center painted with the arms of the Valckenier with a shaded pink falcon crest, the rim with four sprays of flowering boughs in iron-red and gilt
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

Provenance

with Earle Vandekar, London

Lot Essay

Various members of the influential Valckenier family were involved with the Dutch East India Company and ordered armorial porcelain, the leading family member being Adriaan Valckenier, Governor-General of the Indies 1737-41. For another plate from this service also in the Hodroff Collection see D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 79, pl. 62.

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