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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 3086276, member: 2844&quot;]It is stunning, Bdigger, I love it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only logged in for a short visit, to see something else, so I am not going to look up dates and other marks now, but here is the general info:</p><p>The marks on the back indicate the manufacturer, de Porceleyne Fles, founded in 1653, and the date and maker.</p><p>In the 19th century Thooft and Labouchere took the company into a new, much more artistic direction, theirs is the round stamp.</p><p>The siggy on the front says &quot;naar L. Apol&quot;, which means it is painted after an original by Louis Apol. Louis Apol was a painter of the Dutch &#039;Haagse School&#039;, the The Hague School, second half of the 19th century. (My uncle&#039;s favourite painter <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>I know he painted this winterscene with a cart in a tree-lined lane several times, from slightly different angles. If someone hasn&#039;t found this particular one by the I wake up again, I&#039;ll look for it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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