Plate

Date1708 (dated)

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsDIAM: 9"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-180

DescriptionPlate with raised foot ring. White tin glaze decorated in blue with four cherubs gamboling among flowers; on the rim eight repeats of a wing-like scroll emerging from a rosette, the top and bottom rosettes replaced by reserves inscribed "E K E" and "1708," respectively. On the back, a pattern of alternating circles and four-dots motifs.
Label TextThe pattern on this plate is similar to that on fragments excavated in Lambeth. The London attribution is based on the glaze and the decoration.
InscribedInscribed "E K E" and "1708"
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceF. H. Garner
David Stockwell, Wilmington, DE