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Dish

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Maker Unknown English

CultureEnglish

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Dish

Datec. 1665–1695

Made inLondon, England

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delftware)

Dimensions2 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. diameter (6.4 × 32.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Ima Hogg Ceramic Circle in honor of their 40th Anniversary

Object numberB.2016.3

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Kilroy Center

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Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionThis dish features boldly painted decoration with an abstract, geometric character. Its color palette is also different. Whereas blue, yellow, and green are frequently seen on other early delft objects, this dish’s color combination of cobalt blue, manganese purple, and burnt orange from iron or antimony is strikingly different. Thrown on a wheel over a so-called hump mold, the dish is finely potted with a carefully shaped everted edge.
ProvenanceSydney M. Levethan, Longridge Collection, New Canaan, Connecticut; [Mark and Marjorie Allen, Amhearst, New Hampshire]; purchased by Troy D. Chappell, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2002; consigned to [Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts, European Furniture & Decorative Arts, April 8, 2016, sale 2888b, lot 185]; puchased by MFAH, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Label, lower center: CHAPPELL / COLLECTION / 250 / English Pottery

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