Plate

Dateca. 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsD: 9 1/8"; H: 1 1/8"; Footring: 5 5/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1956-357

DescriptionPlate with incised foot ring. Blue tin glaze with a fine-grained powdered manganese ground: in the center, a small flower-shaped reserve with a floral spray in blue; on the rim, three large fan-shaped reserves with similar floral sprays. Rim edged in brown.
Label TextA delft plate with the same pattern seen here is in the Bristol Museum. The London attribution for this example is based on the fineness of the powdered ground and the glaze on the reverse.
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MarkingsNo
ProvenanceTilley & Co., London