Een blauwwit Delfts bord met wapendecor, 17e eeuw

Dia.: 26 cm

Marked SVE on the base for Samuel van Eenhoorn, the "De Grieksche A" workshop, Delft, 1678-1686.

Depicted are the arms of Jean-Jaques Mesme, Duke of Avaux, accollée with those of his wife Marguérite Bertrand de la Bazinière, surmounted by a ducal coronet and surrounded by the orders of the Saint-Esprit and Saint-Michel.

See also: Aronson, Dutch Delftware, 2007, nr. 2, p.8, for a pair of plates from the same service.

Condition:
- The rim with a number of retouched superficial chips, mostly visible on the underside.
- The dish still "sings" when tapped.