Moulded dish with bird design
CultureEnglish
OriginThe Netherlands
PeriodAnne (1702-1707)
Datec.1710
MediumDelftware, tin glaze, lead glaze, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall: 4.5 x 25.5 cm (1 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA polychrome saucer dish of metal shape, the rim moulded with leaf-motifs outlined in blue and heightened in green. The centre is painted in Chinese-style with a bird perched on a rock flanked by peonies and other plants in red, yellow, green and blue. The well has a border of small false gadroons in blue.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.503
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English Earthenware - DelftwareStatus
On view
