A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SHAPED OVAL PLAQUE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SHAPED OVAL PLAQUE, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

painted with an architectural study within a molded integral frame painted with foliate scrolls, PK monogram mark in blue for Pieter Gerritsz Kam, De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) factory, or his widow Maria van der Kloot.
height 12 ¾ in.; width 8 in.
32.4 cm; 20.3 cm

Condition Report:
Overall the plaque is in generally good appearance and condition. There is a glaze run at bottom left edge, visible in catalogue illustration. Some glaze flake at molded rim. A shallow chip to reverse edge of frame at top possible associated with being hung.

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Provenance:
Mark and Marjorie Allen, Amherst, New Hampshire, bearing label