A RARE VOC TEABOWL AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1735

Details

A RARE VOC TEABOWL AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1735
Enameled with a large coat-of-arms for the State of Holland above, on the saucer, the cypher monogram of the Dutch East India Company, all beneath the inscription CONCORDIA CRESCUNT 1728 (sic), the rims in pink
4¼ inches (10.7 cm) diameter (2)

Literature

Published by J M Mudge, op cit, p 112

Exhibited

The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, Chinese Export Porcelain, 27 October 1979 - 6 January 1980, cat no 9

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Lot Essay

The design of this tea service, undoubtedly made for officials of the Dutch East India Co., was likely based on a silver ducatoon issued in 1728 and in circulation at Batavia the following year, its border reflecting the coin's milled edges. The teapot and a teabowl were in the Benjamin F Edwards III Collection, sold Christie's, New York, 26 January 2010, lots 13 and 14.

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