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Plate with Oriental Style Decoration
Plate with Oriental Style Decoration
Plate with Oriental Style Decoration

Plate with Oriental Style Decoration

Date1708
Place of ManufactureNetherlands, Europe
MediumMaterial: tin glaze, cobalt decoration; earthenware
DimensionsOverall: 2.1 x 23.2 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineFrom the collection of J.E. Horvath with Financial Assistance from B.C. Lotteries and Mrs. Margaret B. McElney.
Object number1980.014.015
DescriptionPainted in blue on a bluish white ground with branches & the so-called parsley or stiff leaf motifs. On the upper part of the narrow rim a pair of palm leaves, the letters RWI & the date 1708. No footrim on the back, which seems to indicate English, possibly Bristol, origin.
Status
Not on view