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