A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE LARGE CHARGERS, CIRCA 1700

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE LARGE CHARGERS, CIRCA 1700

painted with a peacock and two birds perched in branches, with further peacocks and other birds around the rims, outlined in black, each with GK monogram in blue for Gerrit Pietersz Kam of Drie Postelyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) factory, or De Paeuw (The Peacock) factory.
diameter 15½ in.
39.4 cm

Condition Report:
Both intact without restoration. Some scattered rim chips and glaze nibbling and flaking to rims as visible in the catalogue illustration.

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Provenance:
Skinner Boston, February 18, 2007, lot 949