Rare Delft Manganese 6 Tile Framed Tableau Farmers Cow Lawyer Delfts Mangaan "Die pleit om een Koe, geeft er één toe" Tegeltableau WestRaven

DELFT SEPIA 6-TILE TABLEAU attributed to and hand painted by WESTRAVEN of Utrecht, Netherlands!

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The magenta monochrome pastoral tableau opens with two farmers in a tug of war over a cow. Forefront of the cow, is a robed lawyer/judge milking the cow. Under his arm is a sheaf of legal papers and he's also sitting on what we can presume to be law books. Overhead, a canopy of deep green leaves of a copse of trees. In the distance, seen under the arms of the farmer on the right, is perhaps a farmhouse.

The Dutch Wisdom of "Die pleit om een Koe, geeft er één toe" is contained in its own border beneath the scene.

"In the tile wisdom 'who pleads for a cow admits one', the lawyer who milks the cow while parties compete for that cow is the only one who benefits from litigation."

"whoever sues for a cow admits one"
Litigation costs money, even after the counterparty has been ordered to pay the legal costs; it never covers the actual costs incurred. Therefore: do not litigate about trifles; the case law is not for that: 'de minimis non curat praetor', they said in Rome, or 'little things are not a matter in court'.

I've seen and owned this pattern in Delft Blue and Polychrome. This is the first I've see in Manganese :-)

The overall feel with the broad brushstrokes, is primitive. At the same time, this one contains more details with a town in the distance on the right and on the left, a farmhouse with a windmill. This even depicts those ever-present pesky seagulls, ha! The Trees are not indistinct, the opposite actually, with funky fruit, ha!

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WESTRAVEN info - 1661 to present > for more info on this potter, pls. scroll below...

SPECS -
Tiles - about 5"sq
Wood Frame - about 16.75"L x 11.75"W x 1"H

CONDITION - EXCELLENT!
- no hairlines, cracks or chips
- some frits on the edges of the tiles here and there
- a couple on the edges flakes that may have been glue back
- kiln related faults glaze misses, glaze pops, grit, rough edges, carbon spots, etc.
- reverse > the pressed board back has splatters of black paint

MY SUBJECTIVE GRADING GUIDE >

Outstanding - pristine, like new
Excellent - excellent as it's antique/vintage (minor issues)
Good - moderate issues
Fair - more than moderate issues, okay for display, but not a prized piece
Poor - major issues = a bargain that deserves continued existence

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WESTRAVEN info -
"On January 31, 1661 two entrepreneurs establish a new tile factory near Utrecht, by the name of WestRaven. The factory's main product was roof tiles. In those days there was a high demand for roof tiles, because all newly built house were to be made out of brick. Many years later the factory adds floor and wall tiles to its collection.
In 1963, Westraven is taken over by De Porceleyne Fles in Delft, where in 1994 the traditional painting stops and under the name Westraven, tiles are only produced using transfer technology .Westraven articles are screen-printed: the decoration is glued onto the product by means of a transfer. During the firing process it melts into the glaze.
In 1994 Westraven moves from Utrecht to the head office in Delft, where its production for the main part is integrated into the production of Royal Delft."

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Delft Chargers were highly sought after display pieces as an alternative to framed oil paintings. Royalty, nobility, wealthy merchants and even rich farmers acquired these examples of hand painted art! Many of the depicted themes were actually copies of popular (now famous) original oil paintings of the Dutch artists and masters. The other themes primarily were Chinois patterns copied from the Ming imports. When rich farmers held a large celebration, they would clear out the barn and then hang Delft Chargers either on the horse stalls or the walls of the barn as part of the party decor for the rustic party venue!

“Old Delft” were expensive and mostly used to flaunt their owner's status and wealth by displaying in their formal dining rooms and other public rooms of their estates. These Delft pieces were exported all over the Western world including the New World as found in Williamsburg and other colonial towns in both North and South America. Delft manufacturers were threatened by Chinese imports, but when China went through their times of troubles and the kilns destroyed and potters killed, the Delft makers capitalized on the sudden rarity of Chinese exports and imitated Ming and Wanli/Kraak patterns to supply the continually growing demand. Eventually Delft potters began using their own patterns and incorporating what has become “iconic” themes of Dutch Windmills, Canals, Nautical and Biblical renditions. When the Chinese Imperial government stabilized, kilns were rebuilt, but found they had lost most of their market share. To regain that share, they began copying the Dutch designs. The humor in all this, is that many of the Dutch designs were copies of Chinese patterns! With all these cross-copying of patterns, meaning was lost and “fanciful” unreal patterns resulted!

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July 4th Independence Day > USA
July 21st Liberation Day WWII > GUAM/USA
Sep 14th Liberation Day WWII > MAASTRICHT, NL

Just wanted to take the opportunity to share this regarding WWII and the people of Holland in regards to the people of the US >

Near Maastricht, in Margraten, is the Netherlands American Cemetery. It is the only American military cemetery in Holland and where 8,301 of our soldiers rest eternal. There are Tablets of the Missing that contain 1,722 names. It's a beautiful and fitting resting place. I mention this because, we visited in 2010 and it was early May just after Koninginnedag (Queen's Birthday) as we were meeting a Dutch aunt who's married to a German citizen and they live in Germany and Maastricht is the halfway point from where we were staying. We were surprised and amazed at the thousands of visitors and the fresh flowers on EVERY GRAVE! It turns out, that ever since the cemetery was first created, every US Soldier's grave had been adopted by a nearby local family (also Belgian and German families across the border) and is visited several times a year and flowers laid and the soldier honored and remembered on certain holidays! It brought us to tears that after all this time, that the Dutch continue to honor and remember our soldier's ultimate sacrifice in helping to liberate their country! Thank you to the anonymous Dutch, Belgian, and German families who remember and honor our fallen!

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I'm not an expert on Porcelain. The information above is based on my research as a collector. It's time to downsize and find an appreciative home for this exquisite piece!

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