De Paauw
Plate

MakerDutch, 1651–1774
Pottery ownerDutch, d.1705
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Plate
Date1698
Made inDelft, Netherlands
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
Dimensions1 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. diameter (3.2 × 26 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.59.88
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Delftware is a variety of earthenware with tin oxide added to its lead glaze formula to give an opaque white effect that was often used to imitate, or at least suggest, the appearance of Chinese porcelain. It forms part of the worldwide family of blue-and-white pottery, using variations of the cobalt decoration first developed in 14th-century Chinese porcelain. The city of Delft was the center of ceramics production in the Netherlands from about 1600 to 1850. Throughout the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company imported large quantities of Chinese porcelain, and the potters of Delft turned to this as a source of inspiration, closely copying much of it. Dutch delftware became a cheaper alternative to Chinese porcelain, and in the 17th and 18th centuries, Delftware was a major industry, exported from the Netherlands to all over Europe.

The artisan painted this plate with a blue shield containing three lions passant with human heads representing the royal arms of England. Upon the death of Charles II, James II ascended the throne in 1685 and three years later was dethroned during the Glorious Revolution. He was the last Roman Catholic king of England; his successor, William III, consolidated Protestant power for the British crown.


Provenance[Ginsburg & Levy, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, December 4, 1959; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Exhibition History
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on front: IR / 1698
Marked on back for maker

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