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On Display: House - Delaware Room
Plate
1689-1694
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
2016.0034.020
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of the estate of Nancy du Pont Cooch
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Object Number
2016.0034.020
Object Name
Plate
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
London, Brislington, or Bristol.
Date
1689-1694
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: "W M R" (underglaze blue)
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "2016.34.20" (ink)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Monarchs and nobility
- William III
- Mary II
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Dimensions (inches)
1 (H) x 8.812 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.54 (H) x 22.383 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Measurements conducted by Cheryl Paine during collection review at donor's home in 2003.
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, VABook: 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. 174-177Article: Marsden, Holly. 2025 A global "Pattern to Woman-kind"? Queen Mary II on commemorative ceramics in England, the United Provinces, China and Colonial America. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 35: 71-88.
• Discussion of Mary II, sometimes shown with William, as portrayed on ceramics (primarily tin-glazed earthenware).