Dutch
Delft BLUE & WHITE Vicar & Moses, Signed Bloompot c.1880, with Provenance
Antique Dutch Delft Blue & White Bloompot Pottery Figurine- Vicar & Moses, c.1880, Rare 19th Century Signed BP mark
This
is an antique Dutch Delft Blue & White pottery figurine known as The Vicar
and Moses. This themed figurine is made in the likeness of the famous model of The
Vicar & Moses, a famous 18th Century English Staffordshire figurine by Ralph
Wood.
The
modeling, painting, and glaze on this figurine are masterfully done; the faces
have great expressions! The figurine is decorated in a blue and white enamel
floral motif and stylized décor. The underside base and interior are glazed in
white. The rim foot is unglazed.
On
the underside, there is an under glaze blue maker's mark of B.P. on the inside
of the base. BP stands for the mark of De Velugde Bloompot, or Bloompot, a Dutch faience pottery
factory founded in 1761.
Two
old labels on the underside show a historical provenance: MEEKS COLLECTION NO.
C-79 and ELEANOR SAWYER COLLECTION.
Delftware
(Delft) is tin-glazed earthenware produced in the Netherlands from the 16th
century to the present day.
The
estimated date is circa 1880, or earlier, late 19th Century.
Dimensions: 11.7 H X 4.6 D X 8.2 W Inches
(29.7 X 11.7 X 20.8
cm)
Weight:
2 Lbs. 14
Oz.
(1.30 Kg)
This
figurine is in good condition as noted: There are the normal wear,
glaze losses, firing flaws, crazing and fretting; there have been no apparent
repairs or restorations. There are two surface chips to rim of the larger man’s
tricorn hat: one at ½ X ¼ in. to the tip, one at ¼ X ¼ in. on the side; then
one surface chip on one edge of the bottle top ¼ X ¼ in. Please see all photos
which are a part of this description.
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inquiries welcome. Thanks for your interest, and good luck bidding!