The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
The William K. du Pont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill
Dutch Delft Blue and White Charger, dated 1730
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Dutch Delft Blue and White Charger
dated 1730
painted with various overlapping playing cards, within a grotesque border, brown edged-rim, the reverse inscribed I M 26' dag/ A I 730
Diameter 13 3/4 in.
Acquired from the above in March 1985
A Dutch Delft polychrome dish of this type is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, inv. D. 13. 642, illustrated in H. P. Fourest, Delftware, 1980, p. 142, pl. 137. An English Delftware polychrome plate of this type, circa 1750, attributed to Lambeth High Street was in the Syd Levethan Collection, sold at Christie's, New York, June 11, 2010, lot 1148, illustrated in Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, 2000, Vol. II, D179.