A DUTCH DECORATED APOTHECARY BOTTLE WITH A PORTRAIT OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF ORANGE

18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH DECORATED APOTHECARY BOTTLE WITH A PORTRAIT OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF ORANGE
18th Century
Decorated in iron-red, black, green, yellow and blue enamels with a portrait of William IV among a central panel framed by a foliage and surrounded by orange tree beneath a crown, with inscription W.C.H.F., Pr van O en Na Erfstadhoeuder Erfkappiteyn Admiraal en Generaal & & & over de 7 Provincien. 1748., (W.C.H.F., Prince of Orange and Nassau Hereditary Stadtholder Hereditary Captain Admiral and General & & & over the 7 Provinces. 1748), Dutch enamel, an old inner rim chip to the foot, mouth restored
8 5/8in. (22cm.) high
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A similar piece is illustrated in Western influence of Japanese Art, Fukuoka City Art Museum, 1995 and Porcelain of the East India Companies, Michel Beudeley, London.

During the 18th century shops opened in Amsterdam, such as that of Gerrit van der Kaade, where Chinese and Japanese porcelain was overdecorated. The same occurred in Delft where birds, flowers and baroque scrolls were added to pieces thought too sparsely decorated. Sometimes contemporary events were commemorated as in the above. William IV of Orange (Charles Henry Frison) was elected Stadhalter in 1747.

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