A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE 'MUSICAL' PANCAKE PLATE, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY |

painted with a musical score titled 'de valsche munters', surmounted with a crown and musical trophies below, with a lambrequin border at the brown-edged rim, the reverse with three concentric circles in blue, dotted P mark in blue for Jan Pennis of De Porceleyne Schotel (The Porcelain Dish) factory,

In overall good appearance and condition. Some glaze loss to rim. Some glaze wear to underside and some faint glaze crazing cracks.
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‘De Valsche Munters’ translated literally as ‘The false coin makers’, appears to have been the title of an 18th century piece of Dutch folk music.