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A set of three French Rouen dinner plates with the arms of Bielke Piper, early 18th Century.

Estimate
2 500 - 3 000 SEK
244 - 292 EUR
283 - 340 USD
Hammer price
6 000 SEK
Bidding requires special pre approval.
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A set of three French Rouen dinner plates with the arms of Bielke Piper, early 18th Century.

Decorated in blue with a recenc lace around the rim. In the center the arms acolle for the Swedish Noble families Bielke and Piper beneath a coronet. Diameter 21 cm.

Damaged, repaired.

Provenance

Comissioned for the wedding of Count Thure Gabriel Bielke (1684-1763) and countess Chrisitina Piper in 1715.

Literature

Svenska Hem i Ord och Bild 1916: Ryttmästaren greve Thure Bielke, page 61-62
Johan Cederlund: Thureholm under frihetstiden, Lund 1994, page 160.

More information

The service was originally housed in the "porcelain kitchen" at Sturefors, where a large part still remains.
In the 19th century ca 70 pieces was tranferd to the famous "porcelain kitchen" at Thureholm which was dispersed in the early 20th century.