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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

1690-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coat of arms surmounted by a helm and mantling with a crest of a bird of prey seizing a smaller bird and motto "QVI CAPIT CAPITVR". Mostly white with arms and motto "QVI CAPIT CAPITVR" in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Plate, coat of arms with helm and motto 'QVI CAPIT CAPITVR', tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, made at the factory "De Paauw", Delft, 1690-1710
Physical description
Coat of arms surmounted by a helm and mantling with a crest of a bird of prey seizing a smaller bird and motto "QVI CAPIT CAPITVR". Mostly white with arms and motto "QVI CAPIT CAPITVR" in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DPAVW' in monogram (Painted in blue)
  • 'QVI CAPIT CAPITVR' (Motto)
    Translation
    He who takes is taken
Gallery label
Plate made at the factory "De Paauw", Delft, Netherlands 1690-1710 Mark: 'DPAVW' in monogramme, painted in blue Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration C.23-1963 Mellor Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • The Hague. 2001, Vol.II. pp.158-168.
  • Goosens, M.E.W. Blue Delftware 1680-1720. Amsterdam, 1981. cat. 16
  • Archer, M. Delftware: The tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. London, 1997. pp.412-413, no.M7.
Collection
Accession number
C.23-1963

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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