STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A RARE PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TULIPIERE PEDESTALS, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A RARE PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TULIPIERE PEDESTALS, LATE 17TH CENTURY
of hexagonal form, the sides with molded columns and arches reserving alternating painted scenes of a figure possibly representing Flora; two winged putti in clouds above three others standing on a tiled floor; and a pair of figures preparing to drink from a basin, resting on ball and paw feet, the upper sections applied with six supports in the form of salamanders, AK monogram over 0 or O marks for Adrianus Kocx, De Grieksche A (The Greek A) factory, 1687-1701.
heights 16 in. and 15 ¾ in.
40.5 cm and 40 cm
Guest & Gray, London
The Greek A factory were suppliers of Delft to Queen Mary II of England (1662-1694), and her patronage helped ensure the success of Delft flower vases in England. In 1724 Daniel Defoe wrote "The Queen brought in the custom or humour…of furnishing houses with china-ware, which increased to a strange degree afterwards, piling their China upon the tops of cabinets, scrutores, and every chymneypiece, to the tops of the ceilings, and even setting up shelves for their china-ware.", A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain, P. N. Furnbank and W. R. Owens, ed., 1991, p. 65.
Two tulipieres with pedestals of this form painted with a youthful bust of William III were in the collection of Queen Mary and still remain in the Royal Collection. An impressive suite of Delft flower vases, including one with a pedestal of the same form as the present examples, is in the collection of the Dukes of Devonshire at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. A further pair of hexagonal bases of this form, painted with named figures of the Virtues, also marked AK for Adrianus Kocx, Property of The Lord Barnard, T.D., Raby Castle, County Durham, England, was sold at Raby Castle, Christie's, October 11, 1994, lot 635.