Dish of reddish earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. Possibly North Hungarian, dated 1740.

The dish is circular and has a narrow rim with a waved edge. In the centre is painted a bird perched on a conventionalised tree with lanceolate leaves, on the ground below it being possibly 4 rabbits. The colours used are green, manganese-brown, yellow and blue. The rim is decorated with panels outlined in yellow and containing alternately a white star-form on a blue ground, and a diaper of lozenges enclosing green and yellow quatrefoils.

Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis

Originally thought to be Central European, perhaps Holitsch and dated 1740. Subsequently thought to be later.

Note in Register: There is considerable difficulty about the Holitsch attributions since the factory appears only to have been founded in 1743, but potters were previously working in the area (see Scherik-Refs.). The monogram HL does not appear to be recorded at the factory, but it does occur in combination with a variety of other letters.
Note in Register: The quality of glaze and other technical peculiarities suggest that the dish is of comparatively recent manufacture. Mons. Paul Berndt was of this opinion Oct. 1951.

C.119-1951