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A Store Kongensgade faience table-top tray, decorated in underglaze blue, rectangular with cut corners, centre with armorial for the family von der Nath surrounded by border, flowers and ornaments. Signed on the reverse with monogram for Johan Ernst Pfau/indistinct painter's mark. /47/5Rdl. (the standard price for a table-top tray seems to have been 5 Rdl). Pfaus period 1727–1749. Tray H. 6 cm. L. 68.5 cm. W. 50.5 cm. Set on a Rococo white and blue painted table with flowers and foliage, on cabriole legs. Table H. 75 cm. L. 73 cm. W. 55 cm.
The family von der Nath, originally of Dutch descent, settled in Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, where the brothers Theodor, Gerhard and Leonhard were all awarded the title of Imperial court in 1655. The Imperial Count Gerhard (1668–1740), now answering to the name of v. Dernath, was a Gottorpian lieutenant general and statesman. He won the favour of King Frederik IV and acted as a mediator between the warring parties during the Great Northern War. His son Gerhard (1700–1759) was vice-chancellor and president of the Exchequer in Gottorp.
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Varia, funiture & carpets, 31 May 2017
Not sold