Object Number 2016.0034.020

Object Name

Plate

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of the estate of Nancy du Pont Cooch

Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

London, Brislington, or Bristol.

Date

1689-1694

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Front; "W M R" (underglaze blue)
2. Label; Underside; "2016.34.20" (ink)

Subjects

Monarchs and nobility; William III; Mary II

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Dimensions (inches)

1 (H) , 8.812 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.54 (H) , 22.383 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Measurements conducted by Cheryl Paine during collection review at donor's home in 2003.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Fragments of plates with different versions of portrait, excavated in America: Jamestown, VA, sites yielded fragments of Wm & Mary's necks/torsoes and the "R" at the right. See p. 19 for example excabated at William Drummond site, James City County, VA
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Brief history of William & Mary; relevant motifs on English delftware: delft; vol. 2, pp. 14-15 and nos. D20-29 (dishes and plates with single and group portraits of these monarchs)
[Book] Britton, Frank. 1982 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.
• William & Mary motifs on other English delftware; nos. 10.1-.5 (plates with waist length double portraits)
[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• William & Mary motifs on other English delftware; nos. 174-177