Charlotte Roelofsen
Head of Netherlands
Lot 107*
A Dutch Delft plaque with moulded border, circa 1750-60
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,040 inc. premium
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A Dutch Delft plaque with moulded border, circa 1750-60
Decorated in polychrome colours with a couple, possibly depicting William IV of Orange-Nassau (reign: 1711-1751) and his consorte Anne of Hannover, an orange tree between them, standing in a formal garden adorned with shaved hedges and obelisks, the border with polychrome flowers and scrollwork cartouches enclosing a chinoiserie scene and a European landscape scene, 36.5cm wide x 2cm deep x 43cm high, (14in wide x 0 1/2in deep x 16 1/2in high)
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Provenance
Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 18 May 1943, lot 895;
Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 8 February 1966, lot 1137;
With Aronson Antiquairs;
With Joseph M. Morpurgo.
William IV of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), hereditary Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and his consorte, Anne of Hannover (1709-1759, the eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain. In April 1747, during the War of Austrian Succession, the French invaded Dutch territory. A spontaneous popular movement arose, first in Zeeland, then in Holland, in Utrecht, and in Overijssel, for the elevation of William to the stadtholdership in these provinces, vacant since the death of William III in 1702, and to the ranks of captain general and admiral general. William was indeed appointed, and all his offices were made hereditary. The first man to be stadtholder of all seven provinces, William IV now had more power than any of his predecessors. For further reading on William IV and Anne of Hannover on Dutch ceramics see: D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Oranje op Aardewerk, van Willem de Zwijger tot Koningin Beatrix, 1994, pp. 69-86.
A Delft female figure similarly flanked by an obelisk to those in the present lot, emblematic of the House of Orange, is in the Kunstmusem Den Haag, no. 0400932.