Spoelkom, beschilderd in paars met een vrouwenfiguur in een landschap

About this artwork

hoogte 10,3 cm x diameter 18,3 cm

Art Historical Context

### Spoelkom, Painted in Purple with a Female Figure a Landscape This delicate *spoelkom*, or washbasin, hails from the Weesper porseleinfabriek, of the Netherlands' pioneering porcelain factories established in Weesp around 1753. Produced circa 1759–1771, it measures a modest height of .3 cm and diameter of 183 cm, making it a practical yet elegant item for daily hygiene rituals in affluent 18th-century Dutch households. The factory specialized in soft-paste porcelain, often imitating finer European and Chinese wares, and this piece exemplifies their ambition to bring luxury ceramics to loca...