Plate
Dateca. 1750
OriginEngland, London
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)
DimensionsD: 8 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1951-473,1
DescriptionPlate with incised foot ring. Whitish tin glaze with powdered manganese ground: in the center, a blossom-shaped reserve containing a landscape scene with houses and water; on the rim, four fish. Outlined and painted in blue; rim edged in manganese.Label TextMany powdered-ground plates in the Colonial Williamsburg collection and others have similarly shaped central reserves. Fragments of dishes with fish on a powdered ground have been excavated in London and on several Williamsburg sites, including the George Reid House-Capt. Orr dwelling (11EA.0719, 11EA.0725) Wetherburn's Tavern (9NA.1534), and Bassett Hall (IAA.0154).
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ProvenanceD. M. & P. Manheim, New York
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