A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1755

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1755
Enamelled in the center with the arms of Snoek of Amsterdam, the cavetto with a gilt spearhead band, the border with variant colorful rocaille shells
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 259

Literature

D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 396-97, pl. 393

Exhibited

Virginia Museum, 1981-82

Lot Essay

This distinctive service shares its striking rocaillerie border design with only two others so far known: the famous Dutch market blue and white tea production series and a group of brightly enamelled cockerel dishes. The Snoek family coat-of-arms incorporates two snook fish as a pun. Pieces from the service were in the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and the Cecil Bullivant Collection (sold Phillips, London, 22 March 1988, lot 355.)

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