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Plate

Dateca. 1740

OriginEngland, Bristol

MediumTin-glazed Earthenware (delft) with multicolored enamel decoration.

DimensionsDiam.: 8 3/4"

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Krikorian

Object number1998-161

DescriptionShallow plate with no foot ring. Bluish white tin-glaze decorated in blue, red, and green with a sketchily drawn landscape of buildings and trees; a building in the center appears to be a European-style bottle kiln with smoke issuing from its top. To the left of this kiln is an arch with dots, perhaps meant to represent a bridge?
Label TextThe image of a smoking bottle kiln is rare on British delft. Colonial Williamsburg owns a similar example of this plate in blue and white (accession # 1984-137); the colored decoration seen here makes this plate even more unusual.