Lot 38
  • 38

A Rozenburg earthenware wall plate designed by Theodoor Colenbrander 1886

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • painted factory mark and date code, remains of paper factory ticket "Faiencerie Artistique Rozenburg"
  • diameter 39 cm
painted with a symmetrical pattern of abstract motifs in shades of blue on a  cream ground

Literature

Cf. Rozenburg catalogue 2007. p. 26, fig. 14

Condition

In good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This early pattern seems to be inspired by Chinese export porcelain with its blue & white coloration. A plate with comparable pattern dated 1885 was in the collection of H. W. Mesdag (now in The Hague Municipal Museum)