D1237. Blue and White Oval Tureen and Cover

Delft, circa 1740

Marked Z:DEX: in blue for Zacharias Dextra, the owner of De Drie Posteleyne Astonne (The Three Porcelain Ash-Barrels) factory from 1722 to 1759

Each piece painted on either side with a chinoiserie scene of three figures fishing for crayfish, the central man seated and holding aloft a fishing rod affixed with a crayfish above a second man kneeling at the water’s edge and reaching for the crustaceans, behind them a kneeling lady pulling a crayfish into a basket, a tree and small shrubs in the distance, the ends of the tureen with a flowering prunus branch beneath molded loop handles decorated with a central band of trellis diaperwork, the cover surmounted by a double foliate-scroll knop, and the rim and footrim of each piece with a bold spearhead border.

Dimensions
Length: 28.3 cm. (11 3/16 in.)