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Polychrome dish

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Voorwerp
Decoratie

the dish features a polychrome decor of a bird in blue and red with gold details.

Vraag

I bought this dish recently and I was wondering if you could be delftware, possibly 18 century. Has anyone seen the type of decor? Thank you!

Afmetingen
Diameter 30 cm
Collectie
publiekscollectie

Reacties 1

Verdict:

  • Not Delftware

Analysis:

  • Not made in Delft The term Delftware is only used for earthenware actually produced in Delft. Read more
  • Tin-glazed earthenware Earthenware with a glaze to which tin oxide has been added to make it opaque white. Delftware produced before 1850 is always covered with a tin glaze. Read more
  • Hand-painted An important characteristic of authentic Delftware is that it is hand-painted. Printing techniques do not occur on this earthenware. Read more
  • Unmarked An unmarked object does not necessarily mean that it is not Delftware. Only about 1/3 of all Delftware is marked. Read more

This plate was probably made in two fases.

The plate with blue-and-white decorations was inspired by motifs of Chinese porcelain and Dutch Delftware, but produced elsewhere in Europe.

The red, green and yellow decorations were added in a second fase. They were not part or the original design but "work around it". In Antiques World this in known as Amsterdams Bont, although it may nog necessarily have been done in Amsterdam.