SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, BLUE HATCHET MARKS FOR DE PORCELEYNE BIJL

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A SET OF TWELVE DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE 'CALENDAR' PLATES
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, BLUE HATCHET MARKS FOR DE PORCELEYNE BIJL
Each painted with various pastoral scenes related to the month identified in Dutch in a cartouche at the top, including ice skating in January and apple picking in September
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Acquired from Earle D. Vandekar, New York, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1988.

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical set of 'calendar' plates by De Porceleyne Bijl, though with the scenes for June and July swapped, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the gift of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1927 (Acc. No. 27.143.1-12).

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