A DUTCH DELFT MELON-FORM BOX AND COVER AND A LEAF-FORM STAND
MID-18TH CENTURY
The yellow melon with brown stripes, the cover applied with a twisting manganese vine with green leaves and blue and iron-red flowers, the leaf-form stand painted with blue veining and raised on three knobby feet
5 1⁄8 in. (13 cm.) long, the box; 7 in. (17.7 cm.) long, the stand
A DUTCH DELFT MELON-FORM BOX AND COVER AND A LEAF-FORM STAND
MID-18TH CENTURY
The yellow melon with brown stripes, the cover applied with a twisting manganese vine with green leaves and blue and iron-red flowers, the leaf-form stand painted with blue veining and raised on three knobby feet
5 1⁄8 in. (13 cm.) long, the box; 7 in. (17.7 cm.) long, the stand