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Dish

1746 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red earthenware with decoration incised through a white slip under a yellowish glaze, and painted in red slip with touches of green and manganese purple. Circular with flanged edge. Decorated in the middle with figures of a dancing man and a woman holding a wine glass; border of formal flowers and a crown.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with 'sgraffito' decoration
Brief description
Red earthenware with decoration incised through a white slip under a yellowish clear glaze and painted in red slip with touches of green and manganese purple. Made by Hendrick Klassen. German (Vluyn-Vluynbusch), dated 1746.
Physical description
Red earthenware with decoration incised through a white slip under a yellowish glaze, and painted in red slip with touches of green and manganese purple. Circular with flanged edge. Decorated in the middle with figures of a dancing man and a woman holding a wine glass; border of formal flowers and a crown.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register diameter: 16 1/4in
Marks and inscriptions
Anno 1746 den 18 / July Hendrich Klassen . Vluyn
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish
Made at Crefeld, Germany dated 1746
Lead-glazed earthenware with 'sgraffito' decoration

C.71-1937
(2010 (TAB))
Dish decorated with incised images of a dancing and drinking couple, made by Hendrick Klassen, German (Vluyn-Vluynbusch), dated 1746
C.71-1937
Credit line
Bought with funds from the Lane Memorial Fund
Bibliographic reference
Scholten-Neess, M. and Werner Juttner, Niederrheinische Bauerntopferei 17.-19. Jahrhundert, Dusseldorf, 1971
Collection
Accession number
C.71-1937

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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