Dish

Dateca. 1760

Probably by Temple Back Factory

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsDiam.: 12" (30.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1971-410

DescriptionCircular dish with raised foot ring. Whitish tin glaze decorated in blue with an oriental woman holding a fan beneath a stylized tree. On the rim, a band of trellis diaper alternating with four large reserves containing stylized branches.
Label TextThis pattern, although most common in blue and white, is also found in a polychrome palette that is mainly manganese, but has touches of other colors (see accession 1950-141). Fragments with this pattern have been excavated at the Temple Back Factory site in Bristol.
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ProvenanceStair & Company, Inc., Williamsburg, VA