A pair of blue and white Dutch Delft wall sconces, 18th C.

Dim.: 28,5 x 18,5 cm

Provenance:
- An important Belgian private collection.
- Acquired from Aronson Antiquairs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2008 and with their labels to the rear. Scans of the catalogue where the sconces are featured are included. ('Dutch Delftware' by Robert D. Aronson, 2008)

Pair of Blue and White Wall Sconces, Delft, circa 1715-30
Each formed as an elaborate architectural cartouche molded in the center with a convex oval painted with a scene of a peasant leaning on a fence beneath a tree and gazing toward a church in the distance, the oval surrounded by a blue ground reserved with four cherubs and a pair of birds amidst foliate scrolls above a blue loop affixed at the base for a candlearm, the sides molded with foliate scrolls and strapwork supporting foliate finials on the shoulders, and the domed crest surmounted by a scallop shell above a large hole pierced for suspension.
Height: 28.4 cm. (113/16 in.)
(Source: 'Dutch Delftware' by Robert D. Aronson, 2008, p. 70 & 71, ill. 71)

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