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Plate

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Voorwerp

Octagonal plate

Vraag

Hello! I recently acquired this piece and wondered whether you believed it to be of Dutch or English origin?

Afmetingen
20cm
Collectie
publiekscollectie

Reacties 10

This plate is most likely an 18th-century Delft Blue earthenware plate.

The reverse shows a porous, uneven surface with small holes (so-called "stilt marks"), which is typical of tin-glazed pottery such as Delft Blue.

The octagonal shape and the blue floral painting correspond to 18th-century Delft Blue.

kind Regards Franky

Your plate is Dutch, 1660-1680. These wares were NOT only made in Delft but blue and white wares were made also in Haarlem, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Middelburg etc etc. Nice plate! Regards, E.

Hello Lee, No, Unfortunately it is not possible to say in which town these plates were made. A said in many places these full tin-glaze products were made in The Netherlands. The date I gave you is pretty accurate: 1660-1680. With kind regards, Edwin van Drecht.

Verdict:

  • Delftware

Analysis:

  • Delftware, made between 1620 – 1850 Only tin-glazed earthenware made in Delft between 1620 - 1850 is referred to as traditional Delftware. 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
  • No mark visible No mark is visible in the photos. If it is present, please add some extra photos of the bottom or the back of the object.

Hi, Femke!

Thank you kindly for your reply, all of this information is enlightening.

The opaque whiteness of the plate is very striking, so it's interesting to now understand the process behind it.

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