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Dish (Charger)
1650-1675
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Portugal; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
2017.0006
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2017.0006
Object Name
Dish (Charger)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Portugal; Europe
Date
1650-1675
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
2.25 (H) x 15.5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.715 (H) x 39.37 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. II. 100-360.
• Portuguese pseudo-kraak tin glaze dish fragments excavated in America: pp. 277 & 279, nos. 272a&b, dish (excavated at Pettit site, Governor's Land, James City County, Virginia) and rim fragments (excavated Boston, near Fannueil Hall). With useful period references to general type of Portuguese ware in America.Article: Straube, Beverly. 2001 European Ceramics in the New World: The Jamestown Example. Ceramics in America. 47-71.
• Portuguese delftware in America, including related dishes found among Virginia archaeological evidence: pp. 53-55.