A Dutch Delft blue and white tobacco pot and cover , <I>CIRCA</I> 1770, MARKED FOR <I>DE PORCELEYNE BIJL</I> | Christie's

Sale 2512

THE DR BODO SLINGENBERG COLLECTION

Amsterdam

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29 March 2001

Browse Sale

Lot 506

A Dutch Delft blue and white tobacco pot and cover

CIRCA 1770, MARKED FOR DE PORCELEYNE BIJL

Price realised

NLG 23,500

Estimate

NLG 10,000 - NLG 15,000

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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
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