Dish
1600-1650 (made)
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During the early seventeenth century, Dutch potters produced brightly coloured tin-glazed earthenware for the local market. The technology to make this type of ceramics had been imported from Italy via Antwerp during the sixteenth century. Popular motifs on Italian pottery such as birds and running hare were also adopted in the North. During the first half of the seventeenth century this type of colourful tableware was used alongside the much more expensive blue and white imports from China.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration |
Brief description | Dish depicting a bird on a branch on a blue ground, Netherlands, 1600-50, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration |
Physical description | Blue tin-glaze on front only, decorated in white, dark purple, green and orange. The back is lead-glazed. Pierced suspension hole. |
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Gallery label | Dish
made Netherlands, Netherlands 1600-50
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
C.595-1909 Given by J.H. Fitzhenry(16/07/2008) |
Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
Object history | The dish has two suspension holes throught the footrim on the back which were pierced through the clay before firing. This makes it possible for the dish to be hung on the wall from a string, giving it a decorative as well as a practical function. |
Summary | During the early seventeenth century, Dutch potters produced brightly coloured tin-glazed earthenware for the local market. The technology to make this type of ceramics had been imported from Italy via Antwerp during the sixteenth century. Popular motifs on Italian pottery such as birds and running hare were also adopted in the North. During the first half of the seventeenth century this type of colourful tableware was used alongside the much more expensive blue and white imports from China. |
Bibliographic reference | Korf, Dingeman, Nederlandse majolica, Haarlem 1981, Pl. XVIIa (opposite p. 163) for a similarly decorated dish, then in the J.R. Ritman Collection, Amsterdam |
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Accession number | C.595-1909 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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