JVV 0360
Harlingen, dated 1744
The dish has a wide raised flange and is painted in blue with a coat of arms and the year 1744. The depiction is framed within a double circle, the flange is unpainted. Three stilt marks, which are characteristic for majolica, are visible in the centre.
Dimensions: diameter 30 cm / 11.81 in.
Similar examples
The Terra Verde Collection contains two blue and white majolica dishes with a coat of arms (Groen, pp. 138-141). For comparable dishes from Harlingen, see Van den Akker (pp. 74-82).
Explanatory note
The coat of arms on this type of majolica dishes is a fantasy coat of arms and does not belong to a certain family. Dated dishes and shards of dishes are known with dates between 1712 and 1772, most of them are from the second quarter of the eighteenth century. These are seen as Frisian and for the most part attributed to Harlingen. However, they will also have been manufactured in other production centres.
Literature
M. van den Akker, Fries aardewerk. Majolica. Faience. Kerfsnee. Harlinger aardewerk museum. Collectie Minze van den Akker, Harlingen 2007
L. Groen, Natuurlijke Pracht 1. Een selectie van vormen uit vuur uit de Terra Verde Collectie, n.p. 2019.
