MODEL OF A “DELFT NOIR” SHOE - The Embden Collection Delft, ca. 1700–24. Faience model with a pointed shape on a high curved heel and a buckle in relief. With a black-lacquered glaze, in the style of Chinese “famille-noir,” painted with polychrome enamel colors with bouquets of flowers in green, blue, yellow, and accentuated in white and iron-red. Without a mark. H 12 cm, L 14 cm. Loss to the glaze and minor restoration. Provenance: The Arlette and Antony Embden Collection, France. With regard to the exclusive black lacquer painting on Delft faience, see M. van Aken-Fehmers, Des fonds de couleur à la mode, in: Delft - Faïence (C. Lahaussois, ed.), 2008, pp. 134–140. * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.