Description:
English delft circular plate with blue, orange-red, purple, and yellow decoration. Plates, such as this example painted with birds such as cocks, pheasants, and peacocks, either standing or flying between simple sponged trees, were produced early in the 18th century mainly in Bristol; this attribution is based on the plate profile that was in common use in London during this period, glaze, and decoration. The plate is decorated with an edge-to-edge scene of a pheasant flying over over two trees with sponged foliage growing from a blue foreground and three stylized birds. The pheasant is outlined in blue, with a red head, blue wings and tail feathers, and a yellow body with red markings and blue feathers. The rim is encircled with a series of thick blue dashes surrounded by two narrow orange-red bands; the plate does not have a foot rim.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+57.026 |
