A rare Dutch Delft blue and white ornamental judaica-type dish

CIRCA 1750, MARKED FOR DE PORCELEYNE BIJL

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A rare Dutch Delft blue and white ornamental judaica-type dish
Circa 1750, marked for de Porceleyne Bijl
Decorated with a huge six-pointed star reminiscent of the Star of David (Magen Adom David), enclosing a flower-head, the shaped border en suite (one hairline crack)
23cm. diam.

Lot Essay

The Dutch Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish minorities enjoyed extensive religious freedom in the liberal Dutch United Provinces of the 17th and 18th Century.
The Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, exhibits various Dutch Delft Judaica dishes

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