A RARE GRISAILLE AND GILT 'NAVIGATION' PLATE CIRCA 1785 With a grisaille medallion at the centre depicting a female figure representing Navigation, standing on a quayside leaning on a rudder and holding a sextant, a boy mooring his boat behind her, the winds blowing towards her from the clouds, inscribed ODE ZEEVAART O , the border with a du Paquier-style border heightened in gilt, rim crack 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diam.
A RARE GRISAILLE AND GILT 'NAVIGATION' PLATE CIRCA 1785 With a grisaille medallion at the centre depicting a female figure representing Navigation, standing on a quayside leaning on a rudder and holding a sextant, a boy mooring his boat behind her, the winds blowing towards her from the clouds, inscribed ODE ZEEVAART O , the border with a du Paquier-style border heightened in gilt, rim crack 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diam.
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