Dish
Dateca. 1750
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsDiam: 13 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1971-3335
DescriptionLarge plate shaped dish with raised foot ring. Blue tin glaze decorated in blue with a Chinese landscape composed of a hillside pagoda and trees surrounded by a band of trellis diaper and flowers. On the rim, five alternating repeats of a moth and a floral spray; three stylized sprays on reverse. Orange edge.Label TextA complete plate and fragments of another have been excavated in Williamsburg at a site within present day Merchants Square (15AA.0310) and at the James Geddy House.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceA. F. Allbrook, Old English Furniture, Pottery & Porcelain, London
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