JVV 0456
The Netherlands, circa 1660
The charger has a wide, spreading flange and is painted in blue with a landscape in a double circle. The well is unpainted. The border is painted with striped segments and ox-head ornaments. Three stilt marks, which are characteristic for majolica, are visible in the centre.
Dimensions: diameter 35,5 cm / 13.97 in.
Similar examples
A majolica dish with a very similar landscape and possibly executed by the same painter is in the Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden (OKS 1990-22). This dish has an unpainted flange. A similar faience plate was excavated in Delft (Delft Municipality Museums, PDA 638). Two blue and white majolica dishes with similar landscapes have been excavated in Amsterdam from cesspits at Haarlemmerplein and Zwanenburgerstraat. Both are dated to the third quarter of the seventeenth century (Gawronski, pp. 243-244, 323).
Explanatory note
Dutch landscapes were depicted on tin-glazed pottery from the second quarter of the seventeenth century onwards: on majolica porridge bowls and dishes, and on faience plates, dishes and lobed dishes.
Literature
J. Gawronski (ed.), Amsterdam Ceramics. A city’s history and an archaeological ceramics catalogue 1175-2011, Amsterdam 2012
