Aronson Antiquairs

Pair of polychrome pheasant tureens and covers

Delft, circa 1780
Beschrijving

Each with blue eyes, legs and beak open to reveal an orange tongue, the plumage finely and naturalistically delineated in manganese, carrying a similarly colored chick on its back and one emerging from under its chest, and modeled seated on a green rectangular base, its top molded with frogs, snakes and leaves, and a scalloped edge.

Plateelbakkerij
De Klaauw
Productieplaats
Delft
Merk
Each with a claw mark for De Klaauw factory, one with numeral 6 and the other with numeral 7
Datering
circa 1780
Materiaal/techniek
tin-glazed earthenware
Afmetingen
Lengths: 23 and 22.2 cm. (9.1 and 8.7 in.)
Collection
inventarisnummer
D1866