STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
Property from a Private Greenwich, Connecticut Collection
TWO DUTCH PORCELAIN ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATES, CIRCA 1782-84
Lot Closed
October 21, 06:21 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
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Property from a Private Greenwich, Connecticut Collection
TWO DUTCH PORCELAIN ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATES, CIRCA 1782-84
Amstel and Loosdrecht, each painted with a small vignette of a bird, one perched on a tree stump, the other with a bird perched on a bridge over a river, surrounded by scattered cornflowers, the gilt-edged shaped-rims painted with a wreath of cornflowers, one Amstel script mark in underglaze-blue, incised marks, the other M.O.L over star mark in underglaze-blue, incised M O L over star mark, incised marks
diameters 10⅛ in. and 9¾ in.
25.8 cm and 24.8 cm
After several years of financial difficulty the Loosdrecht porcelain factory's founder Vicar de Mol died in poverty in 1782 and two years later the factory closed. Due to the interest of several financiers the factory was moved to a seemingly better economic location in Ouder-Amstel. Many employees, moulds, equipment and remaining stock were also re-located.
A part-service decorated in this manner, bearing both Amstel and MOL for Loosdrecht marks, was sold at Christie's London, October 3, 1977, lot 55.