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Dish with the arms of the De Neufville and De Wolff families
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Dish with the arms of the De Neufville and De Wolff families

anonymous · c. 1720 - c. 1730 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Porcelain plate, painted overglaze in blue, red, green, yellow, black and gold. On the field the alliance coat of arms of the families De Neufville and De Wolff. The coat of arms on the left is of the family De Neufville and consists of four towers and a golden St Andrew's cross with an anchor in the centre. The coat of arms on the right is of the family De Wolff and consists of wolves and swifts. The crest is a bird. The coats of arms are surrounded by a mantling of blue and gold scrolling foliage and at the bottom two tassels. Around the coat of arms a spearhead border. On the wall a band with a honeycomb pattern alternating with four times a stylised lotus and a lobed cartouche with a ruyi motif. On the rim two lotus scrolls, the crest, a pavilion and symbols of luck (pearl, finger citron); around this a decorative band. The reverse with four flower sprigs. A crack in the rim. Coat of arms porcelain with enamel colours.

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Credit lineDish with the arms of the De Neufville and De Wolff families. c. 1720 - c. 1730. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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