Chine de commande - Armorial / Pseudo-Armorial wares 1700-1800 - Armorial - Dutch

Object 2012628

Saucer

China

1750-1760

Height including cover 129 mm (5.07 inch), height excluding cover 98 mm (3.85 inch), diameter 74 mm (2.91 inch), diameter mouthrim 35 mm (1.38 inch), diameter of footring 40 mm (1.57 inch), weight with cover 171 grams (6.03 ounce (oz.)), weight cover 35 grams (1.23 ounce (oz.))

Tea caddy of ovoid form on footring, domed cover (not matching) with a pointed knob. Applied scroll work at the spreading foot. Decorated on two sides in encre de Chine (grisaille), iron-red, gold and blue enamel with a yet unknown coat of arms: the arms are quarterly, 1. and 4. a pegasus, 2. and 3. two bars. The crest a pegasus on top of coronet. The mantling comprise symmetrical scrollwork and ropes of pearls in European style. On the shoulder strapwork in Du Paquier style.

A tea service of which15 pieces were sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam in 1994 comprising a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl with cover, a teapot stand, a saucer dish, five tea bowls and five saucers. In addition to the illustrated saucer, one other turned up in a private collection and two milk jugs of h. 13.3 cm were sold at Christie's London in 1999. The arms have been incorrectly attributed to the Stapert family from Friesland. They are probably the arms of a Frisian or East Frisian family: in the Amsterdam 1994 sale two other lots in the same section - and possibly from the same collection or collector - comprised porcelain with Frisian and East Frisian arms, such as De Pottere and Van Wingene. (Kroes 2007, pp.532-533)

For this specific saucer, please see:

Kroes p532 S17

(Reproduced from Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, Chinese Porcelain with Coats of Arms of Dutch Families, (J. Kroes, Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, 2007), pp.532-533, cat. no. S17.)

Condition: Three hairlines to the body, issuing from one spot, circling the entire body. The nonmatching cover with some frits to the underside of the rim.

Reference:

Kroes 2007, cat. no. S17

Price: Sold.