Lot Essay
The arms above the columns are those of Nicholas Geelvinck (futur mayor of Amsterdam) and Johanna Jacoba Graafland who married in 1729.
This scene, which probably derives from a seventeenth century book frontispiece, appears on at least six known armorial services, all made for Dutch families.
For an identical example see François et Nicole Hervouët & Yves Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris 1986, p.316, pl.13.87 and 87bis.
This scene, which probably derives from a seventeenth century book frontispiece, appears on at least six known armorial services, all made for Dutch families.
For an identical example see François et Nicole Hervouët & Yves Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris 1986, p.316, pl.13.87 and 87bis.
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