Plate

Dateca. 1745

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)

DimensionsD: 9 1/8"

Credit LineBequest of Elizabeth Ridgely Blagojevich

Object number1991-207

DescriptionPlate with narrow rim and no foot ring. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with a stylized landscape of a palisade wall and a round tower, dominated by a large flower; on the rim, a narrow band overlapped by alternating circles and arrows.
Label TextPlate with narrow rim and no foot ring. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with a stylized landscape of a palisade wall and a round tower, dominated by a large flower; on the rim, a narrow band overlapped by alternating circles and arrows.

Several plates with this unusual rim pattern and one shard with a variation of the flower decoration have been excavated at Limekiln Lane in Bristol.
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MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx coll.: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Blagojevich