JVV 0452
Delft, circa 1760
The dish has a wide-spreading flange and is painted in the centre with a blue and white biblical decor within a polychrome border. The story of Elijah and the ravens is depicted in a wide band with floral cartouches and trellis-work. The Bible inscription 1 Kings 17:6: is in the foreground. The well is undecorated. The flange features five segments of stylised flowers and foliage on a brownish-red ground, interspersed with floral sprigs.
Dimensions: diameter 35 cm / 13.77 in.
Provenance: antique dealer Nicolier in Paris.
Explanatory note
Plates, dishes, plaques and shaving bowls with a central decoration painted in blue within a polychrome floral or ornamental border were mainly painted in the third quarter of the 18th century. They are usually associated with the Rococo period. Landscapes are the most common motif, but biblical and chinoiserie scenes also occur. By combining a blue decor in a coloured border, the Delft potters harked back to a late seventeenth-century innovation by The Moriaenshooft pottery.
