Plate
Dateca. 1750
OriginEngland, London
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsDiam: 8 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1977-23,1
DescriptionPlate with incised foot ring. Bluish tin glaze decorated in manganese with a man in a European landscape, a stone bridge in the foreground, and a monument to the left.Label TextThe decoration and the color of this delft plate relate to those on another example in the CWF collection (accession 1972-393). Fragments of plates decorated with similar bridges have been excavated in Williamsburg: in manganese, at the Donnegan and windmill site (28EA.OO41) and at Wetherburn's Tavern (9NA.1522); and in blue, at the Nicolson Store-Pasteur & Galt Apothecary Shop (17JA,OI72) and at the Chiswell-Bucktrout House (2HA.0348).Inscription(s)NoMark(s)NoProvenanceJellinek & Sampson Antiques, London
