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The Rising Hope "," De Erven De Wed Van Nelle "," 1806 "and" 1906 "," fast " PLAQUETTE VAN NELLE, THE RISING HOPE 1806 - 1906, IN FRAME Tableau in a convex, fairly wide, black painted wooden frame; parked at the rear. "The Rising Hope" by Van Nelle. The central performance shows Hope as a woman with an anchor, seated on a cloud of clouds behind which a radiant sun rises. Below her an altar-like table with a tobacco jar with the inscription Rappe. Below this image a panorama of Rotterdam, in the foreground the Leuvehaven with ships, in the background the Maas bridges, the White House, and the Laurenskerk. To the left of this the city arms of Rotterdam, to the right the Dutch national coat of arms. On the edges along the top from left to right a coffee plant with leaves and blossom; a woman in Dutch traditional costume sitting at a table on which a tap jug; a smoking Javanese with a batik cap; a smoking Negro with a straw hat; a kneeling Japanese or Chinese woman engaged in tea ceremony; a tea plant with blossom. Along the side on the left, a man in clothing from 1806, boots, white breeches, skirt, jabot, with a long Gouda pipe; on the right a man in 1906 dress, brown beauties, trousers, waistcoat, jacket and straw hat, with a cigar in his mouth. front: "The Rising Hope", "De Erven De Wed Van Nelle", "1806" and "1906", "fast" back: "Delft"; brand Porcelain Bottle; "LS" design and painting: Leon Senf (1860 - 1940) Company collection Van Nelle. Source Museum Rotterdam 42070
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