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On Display: House - Delaware Room
Dish
1685-1688
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Brislington; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1952.0064
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1952.0064
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Brislington; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1685-1688
Subject(s)
- James II
- Monarchs and nobility
- Government
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
2.37 (H) x 13.37 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.03 (H) x 33.97 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. II. 100-360.
• Published: pp. 276-7, no. 270, noting "the traditional history of its having descended in an unidentified Maine family cannot be confirmed by documentary evidence...."Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Plate much like Winterthur example, but differing in a few portrait details: vol. 2, p. 52, D18, Brislington, 1685-88Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Plaque with shaped, chinoiserie edge bearing James II portrait in somewhat similar style: vol. 2, p. 53, D19, Brislington, 1685-88