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Plate

Date1701 (dated)

OriginEngland, London

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)

DimensionsOH: 1 1/8"; OD: 8 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-135

DescriptionShallow plate with narrow rim and no foot ring. White tin glaze decorated in blue with a song-bird perched on a central peony spray, the ground scattered with dots and cruciform leaf clusters; on the rim, a chinoiserie band of scrolls. The initials "EW" and the date "1701" painted on the face amidst the dot and leaf cluster ground.Label TextA fragment of a plate painted with a different bird but with similar ground decoration was excavated in Williamsburg, Virginia at the site of the Blair Stables (29HA.0218).

The London attribution is based on the profile.Inscription(s)Painted on the face of the plate: "EW / 1701".Mark(s)NoneProvenanceA. T. Morley-Hewitt
Tilley & Co., London