Lot Essay
Her Majesty Queen Beatrix also bears the title 'Barones van IJsselstein'.
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CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO UTRECHT
Details
A pair of Dutch polychrome rectangular orangist tile pictures
CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO UTRECHT
One depicting King Willem I on horseback, above the inscription WILLEM DE EERSTE PRINSE VAN ORANJE-NASSAUW SOUVEREYN VORST DER VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDE, the other with Queen Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina on horseback, above the inscription FREDERIKA LOUISA WILHELMINA PRINCESSE VAN ORANJE-NASSAUW GEB= VAN PRUYSSEN &&&., within a yellow arrow and dot frame (some chips, four tiles with restuck breaks)
2 x 3 loose tiles each, 26 x 39.2 cm. each (12)
CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO UTRECHT
One depicting King Willem I on horseback, above the inscription WILLEM DE EERSTE PRINSE VAN ORANJE-NASSAUW SOUVEREYN VORST DER VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDE, the other with Queen Frederika Louisa Wilhelmina on horseback, above the inscription FREDERIKA LOUISA WILHELMINA PRINCESSE VAN ORANJE-NASSAUW GEB= VAN PRUYSSEN &&&., within a yellow arrow and dot frame (some chips, four tiles with restuck breaks)
2 x 3 loose tiles each, 26 x 39.2 cm. each (12)
Provenance
Tiles retrieved by the present owner from a farm in IJsselstein, Noordijsseldijk 77, reputed to be formerly owned by the Dutch Royal family.
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