An Arita blue and white silver-mounted tankard,

1660-1680, THE SILVER 17TH CENTURY

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An Arita blue and white silver-mounted tankard,
1660-1680, the silver 17th Century
The pear-shaped body painted with flowering peonies and grasses, along the rim and on the loop handle a karakusa scroll band, the lid with an embossed medallion representing the commander of the fleet Tromp within an oval cartouche against a ground of war trophies, above two cherubs blowing the trumpet and holding a crown, a ribbon below with the saying 'mijn hert en handt was voor het landt', the interior with an embossed gilt-silver representation of a naval battle, encircled by a text 'Waarom doet Muller Tromp door kunst van gout en silver leeven: om dat hij d'ijser eew door krijgsdeugd heeft verdreven den 10 aug 1654'
25cm. high (including thumb piece)

Lot Essay

The silversmith who announced himself in the inscription of the interior of the lid is Wouter Muller, Emden 1604-Amsterdam 1673, who in his time was a reputed medallion and plaquette maker.
The battle scene on the interior refers to the first Anglo-Dutch war (1652-1654). For reference on similar silver-mounted Japanese blue and white porcelain see for instance Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinesisches und Japanisches Porzellan in Europaische Fassungen, Braunschweig 1980, p. 392 ill. 416; Ayers e.a., Porcelain for Palaces, London 1990, p. 99 ill. 42

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