A Westerwald stoneware royal armorial dated pewtermounted square bottle

1691

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A Westerwald stoneware royal armorial dated pewtermounted square bottle
1691
(Vierkantflasche) the dark-blue ground applied with floral medallions enclosing Stadholder Willem III of Orange and his consort Queen Mary of England, flanked by rosebranches, further with a crown above and angel and a lion above the inscription; vivons hollantse tuyn soo blooyen oranienappellen en roosen (hail our Dutch garden, may the oranges and the roses bloom), within a ring of incised motifs, the shoulders and base with incised tears and flowerheads, the neck with a screw mount, the pewter cover with a handle
23.5cm. (9 1/4 in.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, De Stadhouder-Koning en zijn tijd, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1950, nr. 356
D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Duits steengoed, met wapens of portretten van Oranje vorsten' in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 23, 1972, p. 397
D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Oranje op aardewerk (Lochem 1994), p. 57, ill. 536

Willem II of Orange (1650-1702) became King of England, Scotland and Ireland through his marriage to Queen Mary in 1689.

See illustration on page 60

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