Charger
Date1707 (dated)
OriginEngland, London
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsD: 20 1/2"; H: 3 1/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1961-136
DescriptionLarge dish with raised footring. White tin glaze decorated in blue on the front with a scene of peasants buying and selling produce; on the rim, putti, cherubs, cupids or amorini flying amidst sponged clouds interrupted by satyr masks at the top and bottom; inscribed "P / C S / 1707" on the face of the dish. On the reverse, painted with a pattern of alternating spirals and stylized flowers and inscribed "C P / 1707" within the footring.Label TextFanciful flying and tumbling putti or cherubs encircle the central bucolic scene of peddlers selling produce on the outskirts of a town seen in the distance painted on this large dish. Dishes of this size are rare survivals and this example was probably meant as a display piece. The date on the object most likely commemorates the 1707 marriage of an as of yet identified couple with the initials P / C S, the P being the first initial of their surname. The back bears the same date and the initials C P.The London attribution for this dish is based on the style of decoration. A posset pot in the City Museum of Liverpool has the same cherubs on the cover and a similar genre scene on the side.Inscription(s)Painted: "P / C S / 1707" on the face of the dish and "CP / 1707" on the reverse of the dish.Mark(s)NoneProvenancePurchased from: Tilley & Co. Antiques, Ltd., London, England, July 18, 1961.
Sold by Sotheby's, London, July 11, 1961, Property of a Gentleman, Lot 55.
1648 (dated)
ca. 1670
