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CIRCA 1770, MARKED FOR DE PORCELEYNE BIJL
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A Dutch Delft blue and white tobacco pot and cover
Circa 1770, marked for De Porceleyne Bijl
Inspired by a silver example, the multipod shaped body decorated with two pastoral cartouches, one with roosters, the other with an elegant couple beside a neoclassical urn, flanked by scale motifs, the domed cover en suite, with a finial shaped as a seated young gentleman holding tobacco leaves upon a barrel (the hat chipped)
18.5cm high
Circa 1770, marked for De Porceleyne Bijl
Inspired by a silver example, the multipod shaped body decorated with two pastoral cartouches, one with roosters, the other with an elegant couple beside a neoclassical urn, flanked by scale motifs, the domed cover en suite, with a finial shaped as a seated young gentleman holding tobacco leaves upon a barrel (the hat chipped)
18.5cm high
Special notice
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