A very fine Dutch Delft blue and white dish with fighting horseriders, 18th C.

Dia.: 34,5 cm

Marked IT on the base, for Jacob van Thiel, the 'De Dubbelde Schenkkan' workshop, Delft, 1714-1735.
This is the only known piece bearing this signature, according to van Aken in 'Delfts Aardewerk: Geschiedenis van een nationaal product'.

Provenance:
- With E. van Dam, antiques dealer, Rotterdam, published in the catalogue of and exposed during the 15th 'Oude Kunst- en Antiekbeurs' in the Prinsenhof Museum, Delft, in 1963. (see added image)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- With a restored break across, with related retouching. On one side of this break, a rim section broken out into two parts and also retouched.
- A number of chips and superficial glaze abrasion on the rim.