Description:
English delft circular, shallow plate without a foot rim and with blue, orange-red, purple, and yellow decoration. The plate is decorated with an edge-to-edge scene of a peacock walking among trees with purple sponged foliage. This design, sometimes called "farmhouse", was a common Bristol pattern, which usually had brightly colored peacocks, cocks, pheasants, or some other bird either standing or flying between simple, sponged trees. Based on their profile, they generally date between 1720-1750; they were popular in the colonies and have been excavated at Williamsburg. The peacock is outlined in blue, with red head feathers; blue head, wings, and legs; yellow body; and red and yellow tail feathers, standing on a blue foreground. The trees have blue trunks and the leaves and shubbery are purple sponged. There is a narrow blue band around the outer edge of the rim.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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