Charger
Dateca. 1700
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsD: 12 1/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1982-200
DescriptionMedium-deep dish with foot ring. Lead glaze on the back; white tin glaze on the front decorated in turquoise, orange-brown, and deep blue with oak-leaf pattern. Blue-dash rim with an inner yellow band.Label TextDishes from the second half of the seventeenth century decorated with, among other things, leaves are referred to as oak-leaf chargers. They were made in both London and Bristol. Early versions incorporated the leaves as a subordinate rather than the main element.
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MarkingsNo
ProvenanceDr. and Mrs. Warren Baker
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York
