EARLY-19th-CENTURY HOLLAND FAIRWARE PEDESTAL, PROBABLY UTRECHT, c. 1810 Oval in shape, decorated in blue and white with the portrait of Prince William I of Orange and the inscription GVILLEM.D.G.PRINC.AUR.GOM.NASS.etc.VICEC.ANTV.VES.BARO BREDAEandGUB.HOL SELLUL, chips. H. 13 cm (5 in.) Provenance : Galerie Polak, Amsterdam. A Dutch faience medallion, early 19th century, probably Utrecht, circa 1810 This decoration is taken from an engraving engraved in 1616; for an illustration, see Dr E.A. van Beresteyn, Iconographie van Prins Willem I van Oranje, Haarlem, 1933, pl. XXIII, no. 187.