Plate
ca. 1750-1800 (made)
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Painted in blue, red, green and purplish brown. In the middle a faormal rosette surrounded by four panels each containing a spray of flowers and in reserve against a background of linear ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware decorated with coloured slips |
| Brief description | Earthenware painted in colours. Romanian (eastern Transylvana), about 1750-1800 |
| Physical description | Painted in blue, red, green and purplish brown. In the middle a faormal rosette surrounded by four panels each containing a spray of flowers and in reserve against a background of linear ornament. |
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| Credit line | Given by W. Ridout, Esq. |
| Object history | Given by Mr. W. Ridout. |
| Historical context | Another dish illustrated in Folk Art of Rumania (see References) has very similar decoration. It is described as from Magyar Autonomous Region. No date given. |
| Production | Attributed to the Eastern Transylvania region. |
| Bibliographic reference | Folk Art in Rumania, Rumanian Institute for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, 1961 |
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| Accession number | C.29-1925 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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