Plate

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Plate
Date1688
Made inDelft, Netherlands
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
Dimensions15/16 × 8 5/8 in. diameter (2.4 × 21.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.99
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
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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.

Dated and monogrammed plates, such as this one, were introduced in the mid-17th century for families and were circumscribed an elegant Renaissance motif with a crown.


Provenance[Tilley & Co.]; [Ginsburg & Levy, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, July 3, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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