A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME 'ORANGIST' PORTRAIT PLATES
Lot 326

A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME 'ORANGIST' PORTRAIT PLATES

CIRCA 1760

Closed20 October 2023

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USD 630

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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME 'ORANGIST' PORTRAIT PLATES
CIRCA 1760
Each painted with a portrait of Prince William V of Orange within orange and yellow scrolls and fruiting orange branches, the rims with bands of orange, yellow, and blue, inscribed at the top Siet wat hiernan / Agtren Staat, and PW D5 to either side of the portrait, inscribed on the reverse Bit Voor u Vorst wenst Hem Geen Kwant
9 ¼ in. (23.6 cm.) diameter

Acquired from Earle Vandekar, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1984.

Specialist note

An almost identical example was sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 11 November 2003, lot 152.