Fruit Dish
1770-1800 (made)
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Oval fruit-dish of lead-glazed cream coloured earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, transfer-printed and over-painted in black enamel. In the middle is a female figure representing Holland, with a lion, military trophies and two Dutch hats, and the inscription 'Voor Vryheid en Vaderland'. With a wavy rim, decorated with pierced devices enclosed within festoons of foliage in low relief and painted with smaller festoons in black.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, transfer-printed and over-painted in enamel |
| Brief description | Oval fruit-dish of lead-glazed earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, transfer-printed and over-painted in black, Staffordshire or Yorkshire, 1770-1800. |
| Physical description | Oval fruit-dish of lead-glazed cream coloured earthenware with pierced and moulded decoration, transfer-printed and over-painted in black enamel. In the middle is a female figure representing Holland, with a lion, military trophies and two Dutch hats, and the inscription 'Voor Vryheid en Vaderland'. With a wavy rim, decorated with pierced devices enclosed within festoons of foliage in low relief and painted with smaller festoons in black. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Voor Vryheid en Vaderland' (Inscribed in the middle)
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| Gallery label | Fruit dish depicting a figure emblematic of Holland
Made in StaffordshireYorkshire, 1770-1800
Inscribed: 'For Freedom and Fatherland'
Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
3543-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Made for the Dutch market.(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | Made for the Dutch market. |
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| Accession number | 3543-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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