Charger
Date1689-1705
OriginEngland, London
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsDiam: 13 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1963-168
DescriptionShallow-bowled charger with everted rim and foot ring. Bluish lead glaze on the back; bluish tin glaze on the front decorated predominantly in pale blue with an equestrian portrait of William III in a landscape of sponged trees and grasses. Hair, mane, and tail in manganese; crown, cape, and baton in orange. Blue-dash rim with the suggestion of an inner yellow band. Inscribed "RW."Label TextThis charger is painted with the mirror image of the Charles I portrait used to represent several monarchs on delft (see CWF accession 1968-625). The initials indicate, in spite of the goatee, that the charger represents William IlI.
InscribedInscribed "RW"
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceJoseph Vizcarra, Lombard, IL
