A DUTCH DELFT SILVER-MOUNTED ARMORIAL OVIFORM JUG
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HINGED SILVER COVER WITH INDISTINCT MARKER'S MARK
Painted with a crowned coat-of-arms of William III of Orange, enclosed within a garter and his motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (shamed be he who thinks evil of it) below Vÿva Oranie flanked by two verses relating to the Franco-Dutch war (1672-1678), the hinged silver mount with ball thumbpiece and engraved leaf-shaped mount to handle, restoration and overpainting to neck, minor glaze chipping
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high overall
A DUTCH DELFT SILVER-MOUNTED ARMORIAL OVIFORM JUG
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HINGED SILVER COVER WITH INDISTINCT MARKER'S MARK
Painted with a crowned coat-of-arms of William III of Orange, enclosed within a garter and his motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (shamed be he who thinks evil of it) below Vÿva Oranie flanked by two verses relating to the Franco-Dutch war (1672-1678), the hinged silver mount with ball thumbpiece and engraved leaf-shaped mount to handle, restoration and overpainting to neck, minor glaze chipping
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high overall
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